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TGZ

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Gzip compressed TAR archive

File type: Archive and compressed file

Files with tgz extension are Gzip compressed TAR archives which are commonly found on Unix-based operating system.

Found 3 different file type records with the same tgz filename suffix.

What is tgz file?

File type category:
Archive and compressed file

Date updated: July 13, 2025

File extension tgz is most likely best known for its use for one of the variant of common compressed archive formats on Unix/Linux operating systems - TAR archive format.

Original TAR archives featured no compression, but this changed with the advent of compression formats, such as Gzip.

A .tgz file is basically a TAR archive that has been further compressed by Gzip.

Some alternatives of this technique may also use use taz or gz file suffixes but they are the same.

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

How to open tgz file?

Use any compression software (WinZip, Gzip, PeaZip, Stuffit, WinRAR etc.) to open and decompress *.tgz archives.

How to convert tgz file?

Any tool that can extract *.tgz files shoudl be able to repack them to another archive format.

Suggested software to open tgz file:

Associated software actions with the tgz file

Software applications that can open tgz files:

Software apps that create tgz files:

Microsoft Windows

Linux/Unix

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Drobo application package

File type category:
Program executable file

Date updated: September 5, 2018

The tgz file extension is associated with the Drobo a family of NAS (network attached storage) devices developed by Drobo, Inc.

The tgz file stores application package that can be installed to NAS via Drobo Dashboard.

How to open tgz file?

Use Drobo Dashboard to open *.tgz files.

How to convert tgz file?

Probably cannot be converted to other formats.

Suggested software to open tgz file:

Associated software actions with the tgz file

Software applications that can open tgz files:

Microsoft Windows

ODB++ PCB package

File type category:
3d graphics, CAD-CAM-CAE file

Date updated: February 4, 2024

File extension tgz is also used as the default suffix for ODB++ PCB packages, which PCB exchange files originally developed by Valor, later acquired by Mentor Graphics and finally by Siemens in 2016.

It is tar.gz archive with unique structure described on the ODB++ website.

How to open tgz file?

Supported in pretty much every PCB software.

How to convert tgz file?

Export to gerber formats is possible.

Associated software actions with the tgz file

Convert .tgz files

Convert to .tgz from other formats

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