File Tools

TAR Extractor

Extract standard TAR/USTAR archives in the browser with safe-path normalization and per-file download.

TAR file

Runs locally. Standard TAR/USTAR regular files and directories are supported; links, sparse/PAX edge cases, encrypted archives, and damaged archives may require a desktop archive utility.

—Entries

—Files

—File bytes

—Archive size

Choose an archiveArchive paths are normalized before browser downloads to avoid writing outside the chosen download location.

File handling notes

connects ZIP creation/extraction, archive inspection, GZIP, TAR/TAR.GZ extraction, ZIP merging, multi-ZIP extraction, splitting/joining, duplicate detection, renaming, folder summaries, file inventories, and file-type inspection without requiring a file upload where the browser APIs support the task.

Archive and safety boundaries

Browser memory can limit very large files. TAR extraction supports ordinary TAR/USTAR regular files and directories rather than every PAX/sparse/link edge case. Password-protected or uncommon ZIP compression methods can exceed JSZip support. Normalized download paths do not grant arbitrary filesystem write access.

Practical guide and verification

Use the tool first, then use these checks to interpret, verify and hand off the result without turning explanatory content into the primary workflow.

Review paths before writing extracted files

Archive entries can contain nested paths, unusual names, or traversal-style components. Browser extraction should still be treated as untrusted input: inspect the list first and avoid recreating dangerous parent-directory paths or overwriting unrelated files outside the intended destination.

Distinguish regular files from links and special entries

TAR can represent directories, symbolic links, hard links and other metadata beyond ordinary files. A browser workflow that exports regular files into a ZIP may intentionally omit or normalize those entry types. Check the archive inventory before assuming the exported result is a full semantic replica.

Preserve the original archive for verification

Extraction confirms that the parser could read entries, not that every file is valid for its application. Keep the TAR until selected outputs have been opened or hashed and the expected file count and names have been compared with the source listing.

Check compression wrapper separately

A .tar file is an archive format, while .tar.gz, .tgz, .tar.bz2 and similar files add a compression layer. Make sure the input type matches the extractor’s supported workflow instead of assuming every filename containing “tar” is the same byte format.