Convert RAR to TAR Online — Linux/Unix Ready
Native Format for Unix Systems. No WinRAR Required.
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How it works
- 1 · Drop your archives
Drag & drop .rar files. No account required—paid plans unlock bigger batches.
- 2 · We convert securely
Archives are decompressed and repacked as TAR. Decompression bomb protection enabled.
- 3 · Download & auto-delete
Grab your TAR files in seconds. Files delete automatically after 1 hour.
RAR (Roshal Archive) was created by Eugene Roshal in 1993 and remains a proprietary format. It offers excellent compression ratios, solid archiving, recovery records for damaged archives, and spanning across multiple volumes. RAR5 (introduced 2013) improved encryption with AES-256 and added larger dictionary sizes for better compression.
Learn more: RAR on Wikipedia
While RAR can be freely extracted with tools like 7-Zip, creating RAR files requires a WinRAR license. This legal restriction limits RAR creation to licensed software. For this reason, we only support extracting from RAR and converting to other formats-not creating new RAR archives. Consider 7z for similar compression without licensing restrictions.
TAR (Tape Archive) is the standard archive format on Unix and Linux systems, dating back to 1979. Unlike ZIP, TAR doesn't compress files-it bundles them into a single file while preserving directory structure, Unix permissions (chmod bits), ownership, and symbolic links. For compression, TAR is typically wrapped with gzip (.tar.gz) or bzip2 (.tar.bz2).
Learn more: TAR on Wikipedia
TAR remains essential for Linux software distribution, server backups, source code packages, and Docker image layers. The format's preservation of Unix permissions makes it ideal for deploying executable scripts and maintaining file hierarchies. Windows has no native TAR support, requiring tools like 7-Zip or WinRAR to extract TAR archives.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why convert RAR to TAR?
Does TAR compress the files?
Are file permissions preserved?
What are the limits for this converter?
| Tier | Max File Size | Max Files/Batch | Parallel Processing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guest/Free | 200 MB | 50 files | 3 at once |
| Pro | 2048 MB | 1000 files | 6 at once |
Note: File size limits are specific to this converter. Batch and parallel processing limits apply to all images converters site-wide. See all converter limits →
How are credits calculated for this conversion?
Cost: 1 credit per 5 MB
How it works:
- Files up to 5 MB: 1 credit
- 6-10 MB: 2 credits
- 11-15 MB: 3 credits
- 16-20 MB: 4 credits
Example: A 5 MB file = 1 credit. A 95 MB file = 19 credits.
Why per-megabyte? Larger files require more resources (processing, bandwidth, storage).
What are my daily and monthly credit limits?
Credit allocations vary by account tier:
| Tier | Daily Limit | Monthly Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Guest | 100 credits/day | — |
| Free | 100 credits/day | — |
| Pro | — | 12,000 credits/month |
Daily credits (Guest & Free tiers) reset every day at midnight UTC. Monthly credits (Pro) reset on your billing cycle date.
Note: With 1 credit per 5 MB, archive files under 5 MB cost 1 credit each. Pro users can convert 12,000 archive files per month.
Answers at a Glance
Quick answers to common questions.
- Are my files secure?
- How long do you keep my files?
- What metadata do you keep?
- What happens after I drop a file?
- Why are conversions so fast?
- How do you measure performance?
- What are the exact limits for each plan?
- Can I process files in bulk?
- Why did my file fail to convert?
- Do you use my files to train AI?
What's New in RAR to TAR
Latest improvements to this converter
Initial release of RAR to TAR converter with batch support.
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