Convert zip to jar

Conversion of zip file format to jar file format ^beta

Search for zip to jar converter or software able to handle these file types.

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

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

In essence, you can simply repack zip files to jar files, because both are compressed archives. However, some program produce source files as .zip archives and users need to create a .jar file that can be executed with the "java -jar .jar" command.

For this you would need to use some Java IDE, compile the script found in the .zip archive and generate a .jar bundle with manifest and classes.

Microsoft Windows software - convert zip to jar on Windows

ALZip

One of the many available file compression utilities

File extension	Convert	Open	Save	Edit	Create	Import	Export	Extract
Convert from zip file	Yes, ALZip supports zip file conversion as a source file type.	Yes	Yes	zip editor	Yes	No	No	Yes
to jar file	Yes, ALZip supports jar file conversion as a target file type.	Yes	No	No	No	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 zip to jar. 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.

FilZip

A freeware file compression tool

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

7-zip

Popular open source file archiver with a high compression ratio

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

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

iPack

A full-featured compressed archives manager

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

Additional links: Open zip file, Open jar file

ZIP

A zip file extension 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.

JAR

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

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