Archive Converter
An archive converter unpacks a set of files from one archive format and repacks them into another, like RAR to ZIP or 7z to ZIP. FileFlip does both steps in your browser with libarchive, so the contents are never uploaded and never scanned.
Every one of them runs in the browser, on this page, with no upload and no account.
Popular archive conversions#
Every archive format FileFlip supports#
FileFlip reads 9 of these without writing them, so they work as a source and not as a target.
| Format | What it is | Convert |
|---|---|---|
| zipZIP | ZIP archive | Convert ZIP |
| 7z7Z | 7-Zip archive | Convert 7Z |
| tarTAR | Tape Archive | Convert TAR |
| gzGZ | gzip compressed archive | Convert GZ |
| tgzTGZ | gzip compressed tarball | Convert TGZ |
| bz2BZ2 | bzip2 compressed archive | Convert BZ2 |
| tbz2TBZ2 | bzip2 compressed tarball | Convert TBZ2 |
| xzXZ | xz compressed archive | Convert XZ |
| txzTXZ | xz compressed tarball | Convert TXZ |
| lzLZ | lzip compressed archive | Convert LZ |
| lzmaLZMA | LZMA compressed archive | Convert LZMA |
| cpioCPIO | cpio archive | Convert CPIO |
| isoISO | ISO 9660 disc image | Convert ISO |
| xarXAR | eXtensible ARchive | Output only |
| arAR | Unix archiver | Convert AR |
| warcWARC | Web ARChive | Convert WARC |
| sharSHAR | Shell archive | Output only |
| rarRAR | Roshal Archive | Convert RAR |
| cabCAB | Microsoft Cabinet | Convert CAB |
| debDEB | Debian package | Convert DEB |
| rpmRPM | RPM package | Convert RPM |
| zZ | compress archive | Convert Z |
How archive conversion works here#
libarchive compiled to WebAssembly is a 1.0 MB download, the smallest engine on the site. It reads ZIP, 7z, RAR, TAR, ISO, DEB and RPM. It writes ZIP, TAR, and the compressed tarballs on top of TAR: gzip, bzip2, xz, lzip, lzma and compress.
Repacking is lossless. The files inside come out byte for byte the same as they went in, and only the container and the compression wrapped around them change, so the size of the result is a statement about the algorithm rather than about your data.
Every engine, its exact version and its download size are listed on how FileFlip works, along with how to check for yourself that nothing is uploaded.
Other converters#
The conversion index lists the other eight families and the conversions people ask for most in each of them.