Convert jar to zip

Conversion of jar file format to zip file format ^beta

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Convert Compressed archive file package for Java classes and data to WinZIP Compressed ZIP archive.

We have found 4 software records in our database eligible for .jar to .zip file format conversion.

Well, theoretically you can simply decompress JAR files using Java, and then repack the content to a ZIP archive and this will achieve jar to zip conversion. It is possible, however the reasons for this conversion (repacking) are somewhat questionable.

Updated: October 9, 2020

Microsoft Windows software - convert jar to zip on Windows

7-zip

Popular open source file archiver with a high compression ratio

File extension	Convert	Open	Save	Edit	Create	Import	Export	Extract
Convert from jar file	No	Yes	No	jar editor	Yes	No	No	Yes
to zip file	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes

The tables with software actions are a good pointer for what a certain program does with various file types and often may give users a good hint how to perform certain file conversion, for example the above-mentioned jar to zip. However, it is not perfect and sometimes can show results which are not really usable because of how certain programs work with files and the possible conversion is thus actually not possible at all.

ALZip

One of the many available file compression utilities

File extension	Convert	Open	Save	Edit	Create	Import	Export	Extract
jar	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
zip	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes

FilZip

A freeware file compression tool

File extension	Convert	Open	Save	Edit	Create	Import	Export	Extract
jar	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
zip	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes

Apple macOS / Mac OS X software - convert jar to zip on OS X

iPack

A full-featured compressed archives manager

File extension	Convert	Open	Save	Edit	Create	Import	Export	Extract
jar	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
zip	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Additional links: Open jar file, Open zip file

JAR

A jar file extension is commonly used for Java archives, which often contain applets or applications. Used for java application distribution/installation purposes.

ZIP

Files with zip is associated with the WinZip compression tool. ZIP file is compressed archive container that contains archived files, compressed in ZIP compression format. Common archive format that can be extracted with any archiving tool.

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