What is the difference between .tar.gz and .tar.7z?
- Extension
- .tar.gz
- .tar.7z
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- The GNU Project
- Igor Pavlov
- Description
- It's a TAR archive file compressed using GNU zip compression codec. Mainly used by Linux OS to package programs, files, and installers.
- This format works based on the LZMA principle compression algorithm. It was originally used in 7-Zip archives. tar.7z archives were created for storing info about file owners and for ease of use in Unix systems, based on a TAR archiving tool.
- MIME Type
- application/gzip
- application/x-7z-compressed
- Sample
- sample.tar.gz
- Wikipedia
- .tar.gz on Wikipedia
- .tar.7z on Wikipedia