Files with tar.gz extension can be found as Gzip compressed TAR archives. Typical on Unix based operating platforms.
Software that open tar.gz file
TAR.GZ file extension - Old version Gzip compressed TAR Archive
What is tar.gz file? How to open tar.gz files?
File type specification:
The tar.gz was popular compression file format used on Unix and Unix based operating systems.
The TAR part of file extension identifies TAR (Tape Archive) archiving utility and .GZ identifies GZip compression file format. It is old version of Gzip compressed TAR Archive - see TGZ, TAR, TAZ, GZ file extensions. However tar.gz archives are still supported by Unix, Linux, BSD based operating systems.
MIME types:
application/gnutar
application/x-tar
application/x-compressed
The default software associated to open tar.gz file:
Company or developer:
Jean-loup Gailly
Gzip is compression utility popular on Unix and Unix-like operating systems. gzip is short for GNU zip.
List of software applications associated to the .tar.gz file extension
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Software that open tar.gz file - Old version Gzip compressed TAR Archive
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