RAR → tar.gz, for the Unix side of the fence
Archives headed to servers and build systems, repacked into the bundle Linux tools expect.
Runs in your browser. Your file never leaves your computer.
- DestinationServers, builds, pipelines
- OutputStandard gzip tarball
- KeptFolder layout and names
- RepackedLocally, in memory
A RAR full of assets or source headed for a Linux server, a Docker build or a deployment script fits nothing there; those worlds expect tarballs. This repacks the RAR's contents as a gzip-compressed tar, structure preserved, ready for the standard toolchain on any Unix-like system. Unpacking happens in memory in your browser, with the usual caveats: protected RARs are refused with a reason, and very large ones get a warning first.
Questions
Why tar.gz rather than ZIP for servers?
Unix tooling treats tarballs as native, preserving permissions conventions and streaming cleanly through pipelines; ZIP support exists but is second-class.
Are file contents changed by the repack?
No, contents are byte-identical; only the container and compression wrapper change.
Password-protected sources?
Refused with a clear message; the bundled reader cannot decrypt RARs.
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- RAR to ZIPNo WinRAR at the other end? Repack the archive as a ZIP, folders intact, in one local step.
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- 7z to tar.gzFrom the Windows power-user format to the Unix standard bundle, restructured in one pass.
- TAR to tar.gzThe missing compression layer added: same bundle, gzip-packed, as the tools always intended.
- BZ2 to tar.gzOld bzip2 tarballs re-wrapped in the compression today's pipelines default to.
- XZ to tar.gzFor older systems and stubborn scripts that never learned xz: same tree, friendlier wrapper.
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