LanguageTBZ
bzip2 compressed TAR archive
File type: Archive and compressed file
A tbz file extension is related to the bzip2 compressed TAR archive format.
What is tbz file?
File type category:
Archive and compressed file
Date updated: July 13, 2025
The tbz file extension is used for an archive format that contains a group of files that are first archived with the Unix TAR program, then compressed with bzip2 compression tool.
How to open tbz file?
Use compatible tools to extract data from tbz archives.
How to convert tbz file?
The easiest way how to convert tbz archive is to decompress the archive with the use of compatible tools and repack the content with another compression utility of your choice.
Suggested software to open tbz file:
Associated software actions with the tbz file
Software applications that can open tbz files:
StuffIt Expander (Microsoft Windows)
ALZip (Microsoft Windows)
IZArc (Microsoft Windows)
PeaZip (Microsoft Windows)
ZipZag (Microsoft Windows)
The Unarchiver (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
TAR (Linux/Unix)
bzip2 (Linux/Unix)
Software capable of saving tbz files:
bzip2 (Linux/Unix)
Software apps that create tbz files:
ALZip (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that extract tbz files:
StuffIt Expander (Microsoft Windows)
ALZip (Microsoft Windows)
IZArc (Microsoft Windows)
WinArchiver (Microsoft Windows)
PeaZip (Microsoft Windows)
ZipZag (Microsoft Windows)
The Unarchiver (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
TAR (Linux/Unix)
bzip2 (Linux/Unix)