What is the difference between .tar.xz and .gz?
- Extension
- .tar.xz
- .gz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- Tukaani
- The GNU Project
- Description
- File created using Tar archive and XZ compression tools; contains a .TAR archive that has been compressed using .XZ compression, which compresses at a high ratio.
- This is a compressed archive file that contains one or more files compressed by standard GNU zip (gzip) compression algorithm. It is mainly used by Unix OS.
- MIME Type
- application/x-xz-compressed-tar
- application/x-compressed
- Sample
- sample.tar.xz
- sample.gz
- Wikipedia
- .tar.xz on Wikipedia
- .gz on Wikipedia