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title: "TAR.GZ to ZIP Converter — Private, No Upload | Compress Pro"
description: "Convert tar.gz and tgz tarballs to ZIP in your browser — double-click friendly on Windows, no extra tools. Plain tar, tar.bz2 and tar.xz work too."
canonical: https://compress-pro.com/tar-gz-to-zip
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# Convert TAR.GZ to ZIP.

> Unix tar.gz in, Windows-friendly ZIP out — all on-device.

Tarballs are the lingua franca of unix and the bane of Windows — Explorer will not open a .tar.gz without help. Drop one here and get a ZIP with the same files: **the gzip layer and the tar layer are both unpacked in your browser** and repacked as a plain ZIP anyone can open.

**No uploads · No ads · Free & open source.**

## How it works

1. Drop files anywhere on the page, click to browse, or paste with Ctrl/⌘ + V.
2. Pick a quality or preset — or set an exact target size and let the tool find it.
3. Compress, compare before/after, and download — individually or as a ZIP.

## Two layers, one archive

A .tar.gz is two formats stacked: tar glues files into one stream, gzip squeezes that stream. That is why Windows needs two rounds to open one — and why this converter unwraps both layers before building the ZIP. Source releases, GitHub downloads and node module tarballs all come this shape; convert them once and forget the trivia.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which tarball flavors are supported?

tar.gz and .tgz, plus plain .tar, tar.bz2 and tar.xz — the decompressor recognizes the layer stack automatically, so a double-wrapped archive unwraps all the way down to the files before the ZIP is built.

### What happens to unix permissions and symlinks?

ZIP has no real place for them, so permissions are dropped and symlinks are skipped — same as every tar-to-zip converter. For moving source code or documents that is irrelevant; for deployable server artifacts, keep the tarball.

### Can it go the other way?

Yes — the ZIP to TAR.GZ converter repacks a ZIP as a tarball for toolchains that expect one, and the archive tab creates tar, tar.gz, tar.bz2 or tar.xz from loose files directly.

### Is it private?

Yes. Archives are built and converted entirely in your browser — neither the archive nor the files inside it are ever uploaded, and any password you set is applied locally. The server does nothing but deliver this page. Want proof? Run one file through, switch your connection off, and run another — it still works.

## Related tools

- [Convert ZIP to TAR.GZ](https://compress-pro.com/zip-to-tar-gz)
- [Zip & Unzip files](https://compress-pro.com/zip-files)
- [Convert RAR to ZIP](https://compress-pro.com/rar-to-zip)

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