Administration and development

Gzip compress and decompress

Compress text or a file with gzip, deflate or zlib, or decompress it again. Everything happens in your browser.

Format

Text

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Result (Base64)

Compress or decompress a file

Choose a file (it stays on your computer)

Action

What does this mean?

Compress text or a file with gzip, or decompress compressed data. This is the format behind .gz files and many web servers. Handy for seeing how much smaller a text or log file gets, or for reading compressed data from a configuration.

Decompressing a .tar.gz gives a .tar file; this tool does not unpack that any further. Everything happens in your browser.