Open TAR.XZ files online

What is a TAR.XZ file?

A .tar.xz file is a TAR archive compressed with xz (LZMA2). It gives smaller files than .tar.gz and is used for the Linux kernel, many Linux distributions' packages and large source releases. The short form is .txz.

How to open TAR.XZ files here

1. Click Browse above, or drop the TAR.XZ file on the box.
2. The archive is opened on your device and its files are listed with their sizes.
3. Click Download all as ZIP, tick the files you want and download them, or download a single file. Pictures and text files can be previewed first.

Other ways to extract it

• Linux and Mac terminal: tar -xJf file.tar.xz
• Windows: 7-Zip, or File Explorer on Windows 11 23H2 and later.

Only have a single .xz file, without .tar? See how to open XZ files.