BZIP2

bzip2 icon

BZIP compressed archive

File type: Archive and compressed file

Files with bzip2 file extension are compressed archives most likely found on Unix/Linux platform. Can be extracted with any BZIP compatible file archiver.

What is bzip2 file?

File type category:
Archive and compressed file

Date updated: July 19, 2025

The bzip2 file extension is sometimes used for archiving data on Unix systems and for exchanging files on the internet. Binary format.

Compresses data using a combination of the Burrows-Wheeler transform and Huffman entropy coding. Stores a single file. Typically used in combination with TAR. Developed and maintained by Julian Seward.

MIME type for bzip2 archives:
application/x-bzip2

 

How to open bzip2 file?

You can decompress these files using any file archiver with support of BZIP compression format.

How to convert bzip2 file?

Probably cannot be converted to other formats.

Suggested software to open bzip2 file:

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Associated software actions with the bzip2 file

Software applications that can open bzip2 files:

WinRAR icon WinRAR (Microsoft Windows)

7-zip icon 7-zip (Microsoft Windows)

PeaZip icon PeaZip (Microsoft Windows)

ZipZag icon ZipZag (Microsoft Windows)

Zipeg icon Zipeg (Microsoft Windows)

no icon available HFSExplorer (Microsoft Windows)

The Unarchiver icon The Unarchiver (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

Zipeg for Mac icon Zipeg for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

sArchiver icon sArchiver (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

no icon available bzip2 (Linux/Unix)

Programs for viewing bzip2 files:

Zipeg icon Zipeg (Microsoft Windows)

no icon available HFSExplorer (Microsoft Windows)

Zipeg for Mac icon Zipeg for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

Software apps that create bzip2 files:

EZ7z for Mac icon EZ7z for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

sArchiver icon sArchiver (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

no icon available bzip2 (Linux/Unix)

Software apps that extract bzip2 files:

WinRAR icon WinRAR (Microsoft Windows)

7-zip icon 7-zip (Microsoft Windows)

no icon available WinArchiver (Microsoft Windows)

PeaZip icon PeaZip (Microsoft Windows)

ZipZag icon ZipZag (Microsoft Windows)

Zipeg icon Zipeg (Microsoft Windows)

no icon available HFSExplorer (Microsoft Windows)

The Unarchiver icon The Unarchiver (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

EZ7z for Mac icon EZ7z for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

Zipeg for Mac icon Zipeg for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

sArchiver icon sArchiver (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

no icon available bzip2 (Linux/Unix)

Software applications that handle other tasks involving bzip2 files:

sArchiver icon sArchiver (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)