TAR.GZ files
Send TAR.GZ files without the upload wait
An archive is exactly the thing a mail server turns away. Here TAR.GZ files go straight from your device to a colleague or a client: a TAR.GZ file of 10 MB – 20 GB starts moving the moment the other side opens your link, and when the share ends nothing is left online.
The format in short
- Extension
- .tar-gz
- Kind of file
- Archives and disk images
- Typical size
- 10 MB – 20 GB
- Made with
- Linux, macOS, 7-Zip
Why it fits your work
The TAR.GZ file arrives untouched
No re-encoding, no resizing, nothing lost on the way — what you send is byte for byte what lands on the other device.
No account on either side
The other side opens a link or types a short code. Nothing to install and nothing to sign up for, on a phone as well as a computer.
Nothing sits on a server
Your TAR.GZ file is not parked in a data centre waiting to be collected, so there is no copy left behind to leak or expire.
No storage bill
You are not renting space by the month for a file that gets collected once.
Three steps, no waiting
- 1
Open a share
One click gives you a short code and a link.
- 2
Send the link
Share the code, the link or the square code on screen.
- 3
They get the files
Your files start moving the moment they open it.
Questions people ask
How big can a TAR.GZ file be?
Up to 5 GB in a free share, and no size limit at all on Max.
Is my TAR.GZ file re-compressed on the way?
Never. It is handed over exactly as it is — same bytes, same quality, same details inside it.
Does the other side need the same program?
To open the TAR.GZ file afterwards, yes — Linux, macOS, 7-Zip all read it. To receive it, no: a browser is enough.
Do I have to install anything?
No. It works in the browser you already have, on a phone as well as a computer.
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