RAR to TGZ Convert Online Free RAR to TGZ converter

How to convert RAR to TGZ?

You can convert RAR files to TGZ format in several ways. The most proven option is to download dedicated software that allows you to convert between the RAR and TGZ formats. At the bottom you will find a list of software programs that support RAR and TGZ files and can also save them in new file formats.

RAR File Type

WinRAR is a proprietary archiving utility for Windows. It offers a variety of compression formats, including RAR and ZIP. The RAR file extension is used for the data files created by WinRAR. These files are compressed archives of multiple files for easier storage or transmission of large quantities of information. As of today, WinRAR is the most popular archive utility with over 70% market share on Windows platform. It’s also available for Mac OS X and Linux.

TGZ File Type

TGZ is a gzipped tar file that is compressed using the GNU zip program. This file extension can be opened by extracting the contents of it or using programs like 7-Zip, WinRAR, and WinZip. The TGZ file extension contains a tarball (compressed archive) of multiple files and directories in an OS-independent format. The use of this file format means that TGZ files are compatible with all OS's because they only contain archived data. Further it allows for better compression than other formats because it does not include any metadata which reduces the size of the data to be compressed.