What is the difference between .rar and .tar.gz?
- Extension
- .rar
- .tar.gz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- Eugene Roshal
- The GNU Project
- Description
- A RAR file is an archive that contains one or more files compressed with RAR compression. It uses a higher compression ratio than typical ZIP compression and incorporates a proprietary compression algorithm that is now used by other compressors, including 7-Zip for its .7Z files. RAR files may be extracted using a variety of programs.
- It's a TAR archive file compressed using GNU zip compression codec. Mainly used by Linux OS to package programs, files, and installers.
- MIME Type
- application/x-rar-compressed
- application/gzip
- Sample
- sample.rar
- sample.tar.gz
- Wikipedia
- .rar on Wikipedia
- .tar.gz on Wikipedia