TAR Viewer Online - Unix Archive Inspector

View contents of TAR archives in your browser. List files in Unix tape archives without extraction. Browser-based, secure, no uploads.

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Frequently Asked Questions

TAR (Tape Archive) is a Unix/Linux archive format that bundles multiple files into one. Unlike ZIP, standard TAR doesn't compress - it's often combined with gzip (.tar.gz) or bzip2 (.tar.bz2).

This viewer handles uncompressed .tar files. For .tar.gz or .tar.bz2, decompress first using gzip/bzip2 tools, then view the resulting .tar file.

File names, sizes, modification times, permissions (Unix mode), owner/group IDs, and file types (regular file, directory, symlink).

No. All processing happens locally in your browser. Your TAR files never leave your device, ensuring complete privacy.

POSIX ustar format, GNU tar extensions, and the original Unix V7 tar format. Most modern TAR files use ustar or GNU format.

This viewer lists contents only. For extraction, use command-line tar, 7-Zip, or other archive utilities.

Browser memory limits apply. Very large TAR files (hundreds of MB) may be slow to process. For large archives, use command-line tools.

Symbolic links are shown with their target paths. Hard links display the linked file name.

Yes. Directories appear in the listing with type indicator 'D'. Empty directories are preserved in TAR format.

Permissions like 'rwxr-xr-x' show read/write/execute rights for owner, group, and others. TAR preserves these Unix permissions.

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