Extract a TAR on any desktop
Unix bundles opened outside the terminal: contents into a folder, hierarchy exactly as packed.
Runs in your browser. Your file never leaves your computer.
- IntoA folder you choose
- HierarchyExactly as packed
- SpeedQuick; no decompression
- WhereLocally, in-browser
Tar bundles come from servers, backups and exports, and on a desktop without the right tools, or the inclination to open a terminal, they just sit there. Extraction here reads the bundle and writes its contents into a folder you pick, preserving the nested hierarchy tars typically carry. Uncompressed tars have no decompression step, so unpacking is quick. Compressed variants like tar.gz have their own pages; this one takes the plain bundle, locally.
Questions
Do file permissions from Unix survive extraction?
Files and structure arrive intact; Unix permission bits are not reproduced on desktop file systems, which generally cannot express them.
My file is .tar.gz, not .tar?
It is detected by content and handled on its own page; compressed tarballs decompress first, plain tars skip straight to unpacking.
Uploaded?
No, the bundle is read in your browser.
Related conversions
- TAR to ZIPUnix bundles made friendly for the other side: same files, same folders, zero extra software.
- TAR to tar.gzThe missing compression layer added: same bundle, gzip-packed, as the tools always intended.
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