Files with tar.gz extension can be found as Gzip compressed TAR archives. They were typically used on Unix/Linux systems.
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?
The tar.gz was a popular compression file format used on Unix and Unix/Linux-based operating systems.
The TAR part of the file extension identifies the TAR (Tape Archive) archiving utility, and GZ identifies the GZip compression file format. It is an old version of the Gzip compressed TAR Archive — see TGZ, TAR, TAZ, and GZ file extensions. However, tar.gz archives are still supported by Unix, Linux, and BSD-based operating systems.
MIME types:
application/gnutar
application/x-tar
application/x-compressed
Updated: May 5, 2024
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.
Company or developer:
Debian Project Team
One of the most popular Linux operating system distributions, Debian, is distributed as free open-source software. It supports many platforms, such as Intel, ARM, PowerPC, MIPS, etc.
Debian uses the GNOME desktop environment platform as a default, and a clean installation contains popular applications such as OpenOffice.org, Firefox, CD/DVD writing programs, music and video players, etc.
List of software applications associated to the .tar.gz file extension
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and possible program actions that can be done with the file: like open tar.gz file, edit tar.gz file, convert tar.gz file, view tar.gz file, play tar.gz file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).
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Software that open tar.gz file - Old version Gzip compressed TAR Archive
Programs supporting the exension tar.gz on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about listed programs for open tar.gz file action.
