TAR Extractor

Extract TAR archives directly in your browser. Supports .tar, .tar.gz, .tar.bz2, .tar.xz and other compressed TAR formats.

Drop TAR file here

.tar, .tar.gz, .tgz, .tar.bz2, .tar.xz

TAR 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

TAR (Tape Archive) is a Unix archive format that bundles files together. It's often combined with compression like gzip (.tar.gz) or bzip2 (.tar.bz2).

tar.gz (tgz), tar.bz2 (tbz2), tar.xz (txz), and plain .tar files are all supported.

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

TAR preserves Unix file permissions, symbolic links, and ownership. It's the standard for software distribution and backups.

Yes. NPM packages (.tgz) are gzipped TAR files and can be extracted to view their contents.

File permissions are read and displayed but not enforced in the browser. Download files to restore permissions on your system.

No hard limit, but large TAR files (500MB+) may be slow due to browser memory constraints.

Yes. Browse the archive contents and download files individually, or get everything as a ZIP.

Symbolic links are listed in the contents. They're extracted as regular files pointing to their targets.

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

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