AR/DEB Extractor

Open and extract AR archives and Debian packages directly in your browser. Inspect .deb package contents without installation.

Drop DEB/AR file here

.deb, .a, .ar files

Package contents will appear here

Security: Only process files from sources you trust. All processing happens locally in your browser.

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Frequently Asked Questions

AR is a Unix archive format primarily used for static libraries (.a files) and Debian packages (.deb). It's a simple format that bundles files without compression.

DEB files are Debian/Ubuntu software packages. They're AR archives containing control information and the actual software, typically compressed with gzip or xz.

No. All extraction happens locally in your browser using WebAssembly. Your files never leave your device.

View package metadata (control file), inspect included files, extract specific components, or examine package structure without installing.

DEB packages contain: debian-binary (format version), control.tar.gz (package metadata), and data.tar.gz or data.tar.xz (the actual files to install).

Yes. Static library archives (.a) are AR format and can be extracted to access individual object files (.o).

No hard limit, but large packages may be slow due to browser memory constraints.

Yes. Browse the archive contents and click download on any file, or get everything as a ZIP.

This extracts package contents without installing. dpkg installs packages to your system. Use this for inspection, not installation.

After the first load, the extraction engine is cached and works offline.

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