A tar-gz file extension is associated with the Gzip compressed TAR Archive format.

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Software that open tar-gz file

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TAR-GZ file extension - Gzip compressed TAR archive

What is tar-gz file? How to open tar-gz files?

File type specification:

Archive and compressed file type icon Archive and compressed file type

The tar-gz file extension is related to the Gzip compressed TAR Archive format.

For other information about TAR Archive Format see TAR, TAZ, GZ file extensions.

Mime types:
application/gnutar
application/x-tar
application/x-compressed

Updated: April 6, 2024

The default software associated to open tar-gz file:

7-zip icon

Igor Pavlov logo7-zip  Microsoft Windows software

Company or developer:
Igor Pavlov

A free file archiver developed by Igor Pavlov featuring higher compression ratios with LZMA and LZMA2 compression.

It is mainly available for Windows platform (for Mac and Linux are available command line tools) and is the primary program to handle 7z archives. However, also supports various compression file formats.

Supported formats:

Packing / unpacking: 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP and WIM

Unpacking only: AR, ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DMG, EXT, FAT, GPT, HFS, IHEX, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, QCOW2, RAR, RPM, SquashFS, UDF, UEFI, VDI, VHD, VMDK, WIM, XAR and Z

Help how to open:

Use compatible tools to work with *.tar-gz files.

How to convert:

As far as we know, this .tar-gz file type can't be converted to any other file format. This is usually the case of system, configuration, temporary, or data files containing data exclusive to only one software and used for its own purposes. Also some proprietary or closed file formats cannot be converted to more common file types in order to protect the intellectual property of the developer, which is for example the case of some DRM-protected multimedia files.

List of software applications associated to the .tar-gz file extension

Recommended software programs are sorted by OS platform (Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android etc.)
and possible program actions that can be done with the file: like open tar-gz file, edit tar-gz file, convert tar-gz file, view tar-gz file, play tar-gz file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).

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Click on the tab below to simply browse between the application actions, to quickly get a list of recommended software, which is able to perform the specified software action, such as opening, editing or converting tar-gz files.

Software that open tar-gz file - Gzip compressed TAR archive

Programs supporting the exension tar-gz on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about listed programs for open tar-gz file action.

Microsoft Windows:

Main software associated with tar-gz file by default:
7-zip small icon 7-zip
Other suggested software:
WinRAR small icon WinRAR
PeaZip small icon PeaZip

Apple macOS / Mac OS X:

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