Free Online TAR Converter
Convert TAR archives to ZIP, 7Z or TAR.GZ. Free, fast, and secure.
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Cómo convertir archivos TAR en línea: gratis e instantáneo
Convert Unix TAR archives to compressed formats, or re-package them for Windows and Mac users.
Drag and drop TAR files, including .tar.gz (tgz), .tar.bz2, and .tar.xz compressed tarballs. Unix file permissions, symlinks, and directory structure are read from the archive.
Choose ZIP for easy extraction on Windows and Mac, 7Z for maximum compression with LZMA2, or RAR for recovery records. TAR alone has no compression, so any target format will also compress the contents.
Download your re-packaged archive with all files and folders intact. Converting from uncompressed TAR to ZIP or 7Z adds compression, significantly reducing the overall archive size.
Why Convert TAR Archives?
Windows and Mac users often cannot extract TAR archives without additional software. Convert TAR to ZIP for an archive that opens with a double-click on every operating system.
TAR by itself stores files without any compression. Convert TAR to ZIP, 7Z, or RAR to both bundle and compress your files, reducing the overall archive size significantly.
Convert TAR to 7Z for the best compression ratio using LZMA2. For collections of similar files (source code, documents), 7Z's solid compression can achieve 60-80% size reduction.
TAR is a Unix tool unfamiliar to most Windows and Mac users. Convert to ZIP so recipients can extract files without learning command-line tools or installing third-party archive utilities.
Muchos servicios para compartir archivos y proveedores de correo electrónico no reconocen TAR o TAR.GZ. Convierta a ZIP para una aceptación universal en Dropbox, Google Drive, WeTransfer y archivos adjuntos de correo electrónico.
Convert TAR archives directly in your browser — no WinRAR, no 7-Zip, no downloads. Files up to 10 MB are always free, and files are deleted from our servers within 24 hours.
About the TAR Format
TAR (Tape Archive) is a Unix file archiving format created in 1979 for writing data to sequential tape drives. Unlike ZIP or 7Z, TAR does not compress files on its own — it simply bundles multiple files and directories into a single archive while preserving Unix file permissions, ownership, timestamps, and symbolic links. This makes TAR the standard choice for software distribution and system backups on Linux and macOS.
TAR is almost always paired with a compression tool: TAR.GZ (gzip) is the most common combination, offering good speed and reasonable compression. TAR.BZ2 (bzip2) achieves better compression at the cost of slower processing, while TAR.XZ (xz/LZMA2) produces the smallest archives. Because TAR preserves the full Unix filesystem metadata that ZIP discards, it remains essential for packaging source code, deploying server configurations, and creating system images where file permissions must survive the round trip.