TAR viewer
To open a TAR file, drop it in the box below. It opens straight away, even with no extension or the wrong one. Your browser opens it on your device: nothing is uploaded.
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Opened on this device, never uploadedDrop or paste another file at any time
What you see
| TAR in the viewer | |
|---|---|
| Forms | v7, ustar, pax and GNU, with long names |
| Size | Any: the headers are read as they are needed |
| Links | Symbolic links named; hard links open as their file |
| Open one | In the viewer, without unpacking the rest |
| Save all | Everything that can be unpacked, as one ZIP |
| Extensions | .tar |
| Upload | None: opened on your device |
What is a TAR file?
In short
TAR is the Unix archive: files and folders one after another in a single file, uncompressed. Usually it is then compressed as .tar.gz or .tar.xz.
Every file inside, with its folder and size. Click one to open it right here, with the way back above it; Save keeps that one file, and Save all packs everything into a ZIP.
How to open a TAR file
- Add your TAR. Drop the file in the box, choose it or paste it.
- Look at it. Every file inside, with its folder and size. Click one to open it right here, with the way back above it; Save keeps that one file, and Save all packs everything into a ZIP.
- Take it further. Open in hands it, in a new tab, to File converter or Batch.
Questions
Drop it here: every file is listed and opens in your browser. Convert makes a ZIP of it.
No. The viewer runs in your browser and opens the file on your device. Nothing is sent anywhere.