SAR compressed file archive (SAPCAR archive)
File type: Archive and compressed file
Files with sar extension can be primarily found as compressed archives from the SAPCAR compression utility.
Found 6 different file type records with the same sar filename suffix.
File type category:
Archive and compressed file
Date updated: July 19, 2022
The sar file extension is most likely best know for its use in the SAPCAR, a compression utility for Microsoft Windows developed by SAP which is used to compress/decompress data for SAP applications.
SAR (Service Archive) compression format is also used by the Phoenix Server applications (Phoenix Server applications standard distribution format).
Use SAPCAR to open and work with *.sar archive files.
Possibly the data could be repacked to other compressed format, but they would no longer work as SAP archives.
Software applications that can open sar files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Software apps that create sar files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that extract sar files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Software applications that handle other tasks involving sar files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Archive and compressed file
Date updated: September 14, 2017
The sar file extension is associated with the SAGE Timeslips the time management and billing cycle application for Microsoft Windows operating system. The .sar file stores archived and compressed data used by Timeslips.
Use Timeslips program to extract data from sar extension archive file.
File type category:
Graphics file
Date updated: June 23, 2025
The sar file extension is associated with the Saracen Paint drawing software for for Commodore 64 and Commodore 128 computers popular in the 1980's. The .sar extension file stores drawing created in the Saracen Paint.
Use XnView to open .sar Saracen Paint image picture files.
Programs for viewing sar files:
Multiplatform
File type category:
Settings, options, themes or skins file
Date updated: May 9, 2024
The sar file extension is associated with the Sibelius notation software for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X (macOS) that allows professional composers to create music.
The sar file stores arrange style settings.
Probably not meant to be accessed by the user.
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Software apps that manage or store settings in sar files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
File type category:
Source code and script file
Date updated: September 27, 2026
Squeak is an open-source, full-featured implementation of the Smalltalk programming language and development environment. A SAR file stores compressed Squeak software additions so they can be distributed as a single archive.
The archive can contain Smalltalk classes and methods together with other resources required by a package. Squeak's package installation tools read the archive and add its contents to the current Squeak environment.
Squeak is available for Microsoft Windows and other platforms. SAR files remain associated with Squeak package distribution, although Squeak projects may also use other package and source formats.
Install Squeak for Windows, then open the SAR file through Squeak's package installation tools or file-management interface. The archive is intended to be loaded into a Squeak image rather than opened as a normal document.
If the file does not install, it may require a compatible Squeak image or depend on other packages.
A SAR file is a package archive, not a document format, so it normally has no useful standalone conversion. Use Squeak to install or extract its contents.
After loading the package, its source code or resources can be exported from Squeak in formats supported by the target environment. This is a migration of the package contents rather than a direct SAR conversion.
Software applications that can open sar files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that can edit sar files:
Microsoft Windows
Software capable of saving sar files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that create sar files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that handle other tasks involving sar files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Audio and sound file
Date updated: May 27, 2019
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The sar file extension is associated with the Yamaha S.Art audio file format used by Yamaha audio devices and audio software.
The sar file stores voice that can be included in a music composition created on Yamaha accessories.
Use compatible tools to work with *.sar files.
Probably can be exported to other formats.
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