Archive tgz as tar

Download and install the latest version of Filestar.
Right click on one or more Tgz file(s) on your desktop and select Convert with Filestar.
Type archive as tar in the search box.
Press Run.

Or let an AI agent do it: filestarcli -i file.tgz -c "archive as tar" (how).

Let your AI agent archive TGZ as tar

Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents can do this on your computer with Filestar. Your files stay on your machine.

Install Filestar and add it to your agents:

npm install -g filestar
filestarcli agent install

Or add it in one click:

Claude Code:

claude mcp add filestar -- npx -y [email protected] mcp

Then ask your agent:

“Use Filestar to archive TGZ as tar in my Downloads folder”

Or run it yourself:

filestarcli -i file.tgz -c "archive as tar"

Runs on your computer, so your files stay on it. Works on Windows, macOS and Linux. 50 free conversions with the npm install, no account needed.

Can my AI agent archive TGZ as tar?

Yes. Install the Filestar CLI with npm install -g filestar and your agent can run filestarcli -i file.tgz -c "archive as tar" on your computer, so your files stay on it.

Using Filestar With AI Agents · Download SKILL.md

What is .tgz?

Name: Gzipped Tar File
Extension: .tgz
Format: Binary
Category: Compressed
Developer: GNU
Description: Unix .TAR file archive compressed with Gnu Zip (.GZIP) compression; uses a TAR archive to bundle the files together and Gzip compression to reduce the file size; commonly used on Unix and Linux systems; originally created as the shorthand version of the compound extension .TAR.GZ.
MIME Type: application/x-compressed
Sample: sample.tgz
Wikipedia: .tgz on Wikipedia

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