ZIP → TAR
Convert ZIP archives into TAR bundles for Linux workflows.
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images · audio · video · documents · archives · Free: 200 MB per file · Pro: 5 GB
Your first conversion lands here automatically — saved on this device only, never uploaded.
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Repacking a ZIP archive as TAR is about who has to open it and how small it needs to be on the way there. TAR (Tape archive) earns its place here: preserves Unix permissions, symlinks and directory structure exactly. ZIP is the default archive of Windows, macOS and every download page. Compression is modest by modern standards, but nothing needs installing to open it.
ZIP is the default archive of Windows, macOS and every download page. Compression is modest by modern standards, but nothing needs installing to open it.
Every file is unpacked and repacked, so the contents are bit-identical — only the compression method and resulting archive size change. Unix permissions and symlinks survive only in formats that record them, and encrypted archives need to be unlocked before repacking.
What you gain with TAR: Preserves Unix permissions, symlinks and directory structure exactly.
Drop your ZIP file above and Morphio decodes it locally, then re-encodes it as TAR using WebAssembly + the browser's native codecs. Nothing is ever uploaded — your files stay on your device. Free supports batches of 5 files; Pro supports batches of 250, subject to your device's memory. See exactly how in-browser conversion works.
Open the ZIP to TAR page, drop your archive on the drop zone and press convert. Morphio runs a WebAssembly archiver that runs entirely on your machine, so the ZIP data never leaves your device and no server ever receives a copy.
Entries are repacked without touching their contents, so checksums of the inner files stay valid. Converting ZIP to TAR only rewrites the container and encoding you asked for — the source file on your disk is never modified.
Yes. The free plan covers 10 conversions a day with files up to 200 MB and adds no watermark or sign-up. Morphio Pro ($5/month, or $29 once for lifetime access) removes the daily cap and raises the per-file limit to 5 GB.
No. The content is remapped from ZIP into TAR structurally, so nothing is re-compressed. Only features TAR has no way to express are left behind.
Yes — Free supports batches of 5 files and 10 conversions per day; Pro supports batches of 250 with no daily conversion cap. Your device's memory can impose a lower practical limit. Only usage counts reach the server, never files.
No. The conversion runs entirely inside your browser, so the file never leaves your device. The page and the required decoder must load first; free usage-limit checks may require a connection.