LanguageGZ
GZIP compressed archive
File type: Archive and compressed file
Files with gz extension are archives saved in the GZIP (GNU ZIP) compression archive format.
Found 2 different file type records with the same gz filename suffix.
What is gz file?
File type category:
Archive and compressed file
Date updated: July 19, 2025
File extension gz is used for GNU GZIP compressed archives, a standard archive format used on Unix/Linux based computers.
There are several versions of this format, but the original was based on the DEFLATE algorithm, which is a combination of LZ77 and Huffman coding. It was first introduced in 1993.
MIME types:
application/x-compressed
application/x-gzip
How to open gz file?
Nowadays most modern compression utilities are able to open and extract *.gz files.
How to convert gz file?
The easiest way how to convert *.gz files is to extract them and compress them again to another format such as RAR.
Suggested software to open gz file:
Associated software actions with the gz file
Software applications that can open gz files:
WinZip (Microsoft Windows)
ALZip (Microsoft Windows)
IZArc (Microsoft Windows)
PeaZip (Microsoft Windows)
ZipZag (Microsoft Windows)
WinRAR (Microsoft Windows)
7-zip (Microsoft Windows)
Zipeg (Microsoft Windows)
Zipeg for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Gzip (Linux/Unix)
RAR for Android (Google Android)
Software apps that create gz files:
Gzip (Linux/Unix)
Software apps that convert gz files:
ALZip (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that import gz files:
iPack (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software apps that extract gz files:
WinZip (Microsoft Windows)
ALZip (Microsoft Windows)
IZArc (Microsoft Windows)
WinArchiver (Microsoft Windows)
PeaZip (Microsoft Windows)
ZipZag (Microsoft Windows)
WinRAR (Microsoft Windows)
7-zip (Microsoft Windows)
Zipeg (Microsoft Windows)
The Unarchiver (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
iPack (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Zipeg for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Gzip (Linux/Unix)
iZip (Apple iOS)
RAR for Android (Google Android)
GIMP image file
File type category:
Graphics file
Date updated: July 7, 2017
The gz file extension is used by GIMP (GNU Image Manipilation Program) for created graphic images and projects. It is a freeware software that use this gz file extension to store created graphics files.
How to open gz file?
Use e.g. GIMP program to open and work with gz file extension files.
Suggested software to open gz file:
Associated software actions with the gz file
Software applications that can open gz files:
Blender (Microsoft Windows)
GIMP (Microsoft Windows)
GIMP for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
GIMP for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Software applications that can edit gz files:
Blender (Microsoft Windows)
GIMP (Microsoft Windows)
GIMP for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
GIMP for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Software capable of saving gz files:
Blender (Microsoft Windows)
GIMP (Microsoft Windows)
GIMP for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
GIMP for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Software apps that print gz files:
GIMP (Microsoft Windows)
GIMP for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
GIMP for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving gz files:
GIMP (Microsoft Windows)
GIMP for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
GIMP for Linux (Linux/Unix)