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Convert RAR, 7Z and ZIP archives in your browser

A free archive converter that runs on your device, not on a server. Drop in a RAR, 7Z, TAR.GZ, ISO or CAB file and get back a ZIP, TAR or TAR.GZ in seconds. Nothing uploads. Nothing leaks.

No signup. No watermark. No upload. Works offline once loaded.

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What you can convert

Thirteen archive formats go in; ZIP, TAR, TAR.GZ and GZIP come out. Every pair below is unpacked and rewritten inside your browser tab — the file is read from your disk, never sent anywhere.

RARZIP

The one everybody needs. RAR requires WinRAR or an equivalent to open; ZIP opens by double-click on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android with nothing installed.

Runs in your browser

7ZZIP

7-Zip archives compress beautifully and then refuse to open on a machine without 7-Zip. Convert to ZIP once and anyone you send it to can read it.

Runs in your browser

TAR.GZZIP

The standard Linux and source-code tarball. Windows still has no built-in reader for it, so a ZIP is what you want before sharing it with a Windows colleague.

Runs in your browser

TAR.BZ2ZIP

Bzip2 tarballs are still all over package mirrors and research datasets. Unpacked here and rewritten as a plain ZIP.

Runs in your browser

TAR.XZZIP

The xz-compressed tarball used by modern Linux distributions and kernel sources. Same treatment, no terminal required.

Runs in your browser

ISOZIP

Get the files out of a disc image without mounting it or installing a virtual drive. The ISO 9660 file table is read directly and the contents repacked.

Runs in your browser

CABZIP

Microsoft Cabinet files hide inside drivers, updates and installers. Convert one to ZIP when you want to see what a download actually contains.

Runs in your browser

DEBZIP

A Debian or Ubuntu package is an archive with the payload nested inside. Convert it to ZIP to inspect the files without a Linux machine.

Runs in your browser

LHAZIP

Vintage LHA and LZH archives from the Amiga and early PC era are still attached to old downloads. Almost nothing modern reads them; everything reads ZIP.

Runs in your browser

CPIOZIP

The format behind Linux initramfs images and RPM payloads, unpacked into something you can browse in Finder or Explorer.

Runs in your browser

TARZIP

An uncompressed tarball rewritten as a compressed ZIP — usually a good deal smaller on the way out.

Runs in your browser

ZIPTAR.GZ

Going the other direction: repack a ZIP as a gzip-compressed tarball for a Linux server, a Docker build or a CI pipeline that expects one.

Runs in your browser

Every format above can be written out as ZIP, TAR or TAR.GZ. GZIP is also offered for single-file archives — drop in something with several files and it becomes a .tar.gz instead, because gzip on its own can only hold one file.

RAR and 7Z are read-only here — deliberately

ZipConvert opens RAR and 7Z archives, but it will never offer to create one. Most converters are vague about this. We would rather tell you why.

  • RAR compression is proprietary. The encoder is licensed by WinRAR's owner and there is no open implementation to compile to WebAssembly. Any site offering "ZIP to RAR" is either wrong or quietly uploading your file to a server running WinRAR.
  • 7Z writing is possible in principle and unreliable in practice. The in-browser build overflows its output buffer on archives full of already-compressed data — photos, video, nested archives — and a converter that fails on half of real files is worse than one that says no.
  • So the write targets are the four we can do properly, every time: ZIP, TAR, TAR.GZ and GZIP. Reading, by contrast, is wide open — thirteen formats and counting.

How to convert a RAR file to ZIP

Four steps and about ten seconds of actual work. The same steps convert 7Z, TAR.GZ, ISO, CAB or anything else in the table above — only the file you drop in changes.

  1. Add your RAR file

    Drag the .rar file onto the drop zone at the top of this page, or click the zone to browse for it. You can queue several archives at once. The format is identified from the file's contents rather than its name, so a renamed or mislabelled download still works.

  2. Choose ZIP as the output

    Pick ZIP from the "Convert to" menu beside the queue. TAR, TAR.GZ and GZIP are the other choices. ZIP is the right default whenever you want the archive to open on any computer or phone without extra software.

  3. Press Convert

    The archive is unpacked and rewritten inside your browser using WebAssembly, with a progress bar for each file. If it is a password-protected ZIP, you are asked for the password first — it is used locally and dropped from memory as soon as the job finishes.

  4. Download the ZIP

    A download button appears next to each finished archive; converting a batch gives you a "Download all" button too. Nothing was uploaded at any point, so there is nothing on a server to delete afterwards.

Archive conversion questions

The things people actually ask before dropping a file in.

Is converting RAR to ZIP here actually free?

Yes. No account, no watermark, no daily cap, no "upgrade to download" at the end. The conversion runs on your own CPU, so there is no server bill for us to pass on to you. The archive converter has no paid tier and no file-size upsell — the only ceiling is how much memory your device can spare.

Do my archives get uploaded to a server?

No. The converter is a WebAssembly engine that downloads once and then runs entirely inside your browser tab. Your archive is read from disk, unpacked in memory and rewritten locally. You do not have to take our word for it: open DevTools, switch to the Network tab, and convert something. You will see no file traffic at all.

Can it open password-protected archives?

Password-protected ZIP files, yes. The converter notices the encryption, prompts you for the password, uses it inside the browser and discards it the moment the job finishes — it is never sent anywhere. Encrypted RAR and 7Z archives are a different matter: unlocking those is not something the in-browser engine can do, so you will need WinRAR or 7-Zip on a desktop for them.

How big can the archive be?

Up to roughly 1 GB converts comfortably on a normal laptop. Past that you will see a warning, because the whole archive has to fit in the browser tab's memory alongside its unpacked contents. 2 GB is a hard stop — anything larger is rejected up front rather than crashing the tab halfway through. If you are close to the limit, closing other tabs genuinely helps.

Can I create a RAR or 7Z file?

No — and no browser-based tool can do it honestly. RAR's compression is proprietary, with no open encoder to compile to WebAssembly. 7Z writing is technically possible but unreliable in the browser: the build we would have to ship overflows its output buffer on archives holding already-compressed data. ZipConvert reads both formats and writes ZIP, TAR, TAR.GZ or GZIP instead.

I just want to see what is inside a RAR file. Does this help?

That is the most common use of it. Convert the RAR to ZIP and every operating system — Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android — opens the result by double-clicking, with nothing to install. You get the same files and the same folder structure the RAR contained.

Does it work on a phone?

Yes. Safari on iOS and Chrome on Android both run the converter, and the finished archive lands in your usual Downloads or Files location. Phones have far less memory to spare than laptops, so keep mobile jobs to a few hundred megabytes — a 1 GB archive that is fine on a desktop may run out of room on a handset.

Does it work offline?

Once the page and its engine have loaded, yes. No part of a conversion touches the network, so you can disconnect Wi-Fi mid-job and it will finish normally. To be precise about the limits: ZipConvert has no service worker and is not an installable offline app, so whether the site opens at all on a device that is already offline depends entirely on what your browser kept in its ordinary HTTP cache. Treat offline conversion as reliable, offline loading as a bonus.

What about multi-part archives — part1.rar, .z01, .001?

Not supported yet. A split archive is one file cut into numbered pieces, and a browser hands us a single file at a time with no reliable way to reassemble them in order. Drop one in and you get a clear message instead of a corrupt output. Join the parts with WinRAR or 7-Zip first, then convert the single joined file here.

Your files never leave this device. Period.

Other converters upload your tax returns, medical scans, and contracts to a stranger's server. We don't. ZipConvert ships the conversion engine to your browser as WebAssembly. The file you drop in stays on your machine — through every step, until you download it.

  • No upload. The file is read locally and processed locally.
  • No tracking pixels on the converter. No third-party analytics on file activity.
  • Open Network tab in DevTools — you'll see zero file traffic during conversion.

There is no cloud storage and no account system — converted files exist only in your browser until you download them. Premium subscriptions are on hold, and every tool feature is free for everyone in the meantime.

Why people use ZipConvert

The boring stuff done right: fast, private, free, and no install.

Your files never leave your device

Archive conversion runs in your browser through WebAssembly, and the image and text tools use the browser's own APIs. There is no upload step, so there is nothing of yours on our servers to see.

Faster than any uploader

No upload, no queue, no "server busy." A conversion starts the moment you press the button and runs at whatever speed your own CPU manages — you are not waiting behind anyone else's job.

Thirteen archive formats in, four out

The converter on this page reads ZIP, RAR, 7Z, TAR, TAR.GZ, TAR.BZ2, TAR.XZ, GZIP, ISO, CAB, DEB, LHA/LZH and CPIO, and writes ZIP, TAR, TAR.GZ or GZIP. Images, data formats and markup are handled by the separate tools below.

Actually free, not free-trial

No watermarks, no daily caps, no "upgrade to download." There is no paid tier at all: premium subscriptions are on hold, so every tool on the site is free for everyone.

Queue as many archives as you like

Drop a whole stack in — a RAR next to a 7Z next to an ISO — choose one output format for the batch and press Convert once. They run one at a time so a large archive can't exhaust the tab's memory, and each finished file gets its own download button.

Controls where they actually help

The archive converter keeps it to the one decision that matters: the output format. The image tools are where the knobs live — target dimensions with an aspect-ratio lock, quality sliders, target file size, crop, rotate and compression presets.

Format matrix

The archive rows are what the converter at the top of this page does. Every other row is a separate single-purpose tool, filed under Image tools, Text tools or Web tools. This list is exhaustive: if a pair isn't here, the site doesn't do it.

Input formatConvert to
ZIP
TARTAR.GZGZIP
RAR
ZIPTARTAR.GZ
7Z
ZIPTARTAR.GZ
TAR
ZIPTAR.GZGZIP
TAR.GZ
ZIPTARGZIP
TAR.BZ2
ZIPTARTAR.GZ
TAR.XZ
ZIPTARTAR.GZ
GZIP
ZIPTARTAR.GZ
ISO
ZIPTARTAR.GZ
CAB
ZIPTARTAR.GZ
DEB
ZIPTARTAR.GZ
LHA/LZH
ZIPTARTAR.GZ
CPIO
ZIPTARTAR.GZ
JPG
PNGBase64
PNG
JPGWebPBMPGIFICOTIFFBase64
WebP
PNGBase64
BMP
PNG
GIF
PNG
ICO
PNG
TIFF
PNG
CSV
JSON
JSON
CSVXMLYAML
XML
JSON
YAML
JSON
Markdown
HTML
HTML
Markdown
CSS
SCSS
SCSS
CSS
SVG
CSS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Text
Base64BinaryASCIIMorseROT13URL-encodedHTML entities
Base64
TextImage
Binary
TextHex
Hex
Binary
Decimal
Octal
Octal
Decimal

How ZipConvert compares

Three honest comparisons. We'll tell you when the other option is the right one.

vs CloudConvert and similar uploaders

They queue your archive behind paying customers, meter you by the minute, and hold the file on their server until a retention timer fires. ZipConvert unpacks and rewrites it on your machine — no upload, no queue, no retention window to worry about. Where a cloud service genuinely wins: formats we don't ship (audio, video, PDF, Office), archives too large for a browser tab, and pipelines that need an API. For a RAR you want as a ZIP, this is faster and nothing leaves your disk.

vs WinRAR, 7-Zip and The Unarchiver

Excellent programs, and if one is already installed you should use it — a desktop unarchiver handles multi-part sets, encrypted RAR and 7Z, and files far bigger than a browser tab can hold. ZipConvert is for the times you can't install anything: a locked-down work laptop, a borrowed machine, a phone. It opens in a tab, and it converts to ZIP so the person you send it to needs nothing installed either.

vs the command line (tar, unar, 7z)

If you live in a terminal, `tar -xzf` is faster than any web page and you should keep using it. This is for everyone who doesn't: the same unpack-and-repack work, driven by a drop zone and one dropdown, with no flags to look up and nothing to install first.

Questions people actually ask

Is ZipConvert really free?

Yes. Every converter and tool here works without a login or a payment. No watermark, no daily limit, no "please subscribe to download." There is no paid tier to compare against either: premium subscriptions are on hold, so nothing on the site is held back for a plan you don't have.

Are my files uploaded?

No. The archive converter is a WebAssembly engine that downloads once and then runs inside your browser tab, and the image and text tools use the browser's own canvas and JavaScript APIs. Open your browser's Network tab while you convert — you'll see no outbound file traffic. The exceptions are the lookup utilities (WHOIS, DNS, HTTP headers, SSL and email checks), which have to query the internet to answer at all; those send a domain name or an address, never a file.

What's the maximum file size?

There's no plan-based cap, because there are no plans. The archive converter warns you past roughly 1 GB and refuses anything over 2 GB, because the whole archive has to fit in the browser tab's memory alongside its unpacked contents. The image tools are bounded the same way — by the memory your device can spare, not by an account.

Which formats are supported?

The converter on this page is archive-only. It reads ZIP, RAR, 7Z, TAR, TAR.GZ, TAR.BZ2, TAR.XZ, GZIP, ISO, CAB, DEB, LHA/LZH and CPIO, and writes ZIP, TAR, TAR.GZ or GZIP. Everything else is a separate tool: image conversions between JPG, PNG, WebP, BMP, GIF, ICO and TIFF; data formats (JSON, CSV, XML, YAML); markup (Markdown, HTML); and stylesheets (CSS, SCSS). There is no audio, video, PDF or Office conversion anywhere on the site — better to tell you now than after you've dropped a file in.

How does client-side conversion actually work?

The archive engine is a WebAssembly build of libarchive, paired with JavaScript ZIP and gzip writers. It downloads to your browser the first time you need it and is cached afterwards. When you drop an archive in, the bytes are handed to the WASM module, which runs the same C code a desktop unarchiver would but inside the browser's sandbox; the repacked bytes come back and the browser saves them as a download. The image tools don't need WebAssembly at all — they draw to a canvas and export from it.

Can I convert PDFs, videos or audio files here?

No. There is no PDF, video or audio conversion on ZipConvert, and no PDF-to-Word tool. Those need large decoders we haven't shipped, and pretending otherwise would only waste your time. If that's what you need, a desktop tool or a cloud converter is the honest answer.

Is there a batch limit?

No fixed count. Drop in as many archives as you like and the converter works through them one at a time — sequentially rather than in parallel, because each job holds an entire archive in memory and running several at once is how you crash a tab. What limits a batch is total memory, not the number of files. Each finished archive gets its own download button; "Download all" saves them individually rather than wrapping them in one ZIP.

Do you store my converted files?

No. There's no storage backend and no cloud restore — a converted archive exists only as a blob in your browser tab until you download it, and closing the tab discards it. That cuts both ways: nothing of yours can leak from a server we don't have, and nothing can be recovered if you close the tab before saving.

Why is this faster than an uploader?

Two reasons. One: no upload. A 200 MB archive takes roughly 30 seconds to send on a 50 Mbps connection, and ZipConvert skips that step entirely. Two: no shared queue — your CPU is working on your job instead of waiting behind other people's. The trade-off is real, though: a very large archive on a phone will be slower than on a machine built for it.

Can I convert HEIC photos from my iPhone?

Not here. Browsers don't decode HEIC natively and we haven't shipped a WebAssembly decoder for it, so the image tools cover JPG, PNG, WebP, BMP, GIF, ICO and TIFF only. On an iPhone, sharing a photo as "Most Compatible," or opening it in Preview on a Mac and exporting, gives you a JPG you can use here.

Will my converted file have a watermark?

No. The output is clean — no watermark, no badge, no injected metadata. There's no deliberately degraded free version here, because there's no paid version to upsell you to.

Drop a file. Get it converted. Move on with your day.

No signup. No upload. No watermark. The converter is right there at the top of this page.