Create a TAR archive from multiple files and folders online directly in your browser without uploading them. Read more

What is TAR create?

TAR is an archive format that stores multiple files, directories, paths, and selected metadata in one sequential stream. It does not compress file contents by itself. This tool creates an uncompressed .tar in the browser; the GNU tar manual provides broader background on TAR creation, extraction, and format variants.

How to use this tool

Add files or folders, review their relative paths, set an output filename ending in .tar, and create the archive. Download it when processing finishes, or enable Save directly to a file when your browser supports it. Use TAR Extract to inspect it, or Gzip Create when a compressed .tar.gz is required.

Output modes

Download (default) keeps the generated result in browser memory and provides a reusable Download button. You can rename the download without recompressing while the content is unchanged.
Save directly to a file writes the archive incrementally to a local file you choose. It uses less peak memory for large outputs, but there is no repeat Download button without creating again. Availability depends on browser support for the File System Access API in a secure context.

Files are still processed locally and are not uploaded.

Choosing the right format

Use plain TAR when grouping entries or feeding an archive into another compressor. .tar.gz, .tar.br, .tar.xz, and .tar.zst are TAR streams compressed by different codecs. TAR has several historical variants, so very long paths, permissions, links, ownership, and special files may not round-trip identically across implementations.

Important limitations

TAR does not encrypt or authenticate names or contents. Review relative paths and avoid absolute paths or parent-directory traversal. Download mode retains the generated output in memory. Direct Save avoids retaining the complete output, though codec state and bounded chunks still use memory. Use native streaming tools for large directories or when exact Unix metadata and link semantics matter.

Frequently asked questions

Why can another program not open the result?

Confirm the file is plain TAR rather than a compressed TAR variant. Some tools infer decompression from .tar.gz or similar suffixes, while this page creates an uncompressed TAR stream only.