TAR File Extractor
Open a .tar archive and download its files — no command line needed. Private, in-browser.
Regular files inside the archive are listed for individual download; directories and links are skipped.
🔒 Archives are built and opened on your device — contents never touch a server.
Open a .tar archive on a machine without tar tooling — Windows laptops, locked-down office PCs, tablets — and pull out the files you need, privately.
About TAR File Extractor
Extract a TAR file in your browser. TAR is the standard Unix bundling format (it groups files without compressing them), and Windows in particular has no friendly built-in way to open one. This tool parses the USTAR/GNU structure locally, lists every file with its size, and lets you download each one. Nothing is uploaded.
How to use TAR File Extractor
- 1Drop your .tar file.
- 2Every file inside is listed with its size.
- 3Download the files you need individually.
Why use TAR File Extractor?
- ✓Opening Linux/macOS archives on Windows without installing 7-Zip.
- ✓Peeking inside software releases and data dumps before trusting them.
- ✓Private — the archive is parsed entirely on your device.
Frequently asked questions
How do I open a .tar file without the command line?+
Drop it here. The archive structure is parsed in your browser and each file is listed for download — no tar, no 7-Zip, no upload.
What's the difference between .tar and .zip?+
ZIP both bundles and compresses; TAR only bundles (that's why .tar.gz exists — gzip adds the compression). TAR is the convention on Unix systems, ZIP on Windows.
Are folders preserved?+
Folder paths are shown in each file's name, but browsers download files individually — re-zip them with the create-ZIP tool if you need one archive back.
Is my archive uploaded?+
No — parsing and extraction happen entirely in your browser.
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