What is a .TBZ file?
TBZ is a tar archive compressed with bzip2.
- Did you know
- TBZ is shorthand for a tar.bz2 compressed archive.
- The bzip2 compression inside was written by Julian Seward and is built on the Burrows - Wheeler transform.
- It typically squeezes 10 to 20 per cent smaller than gzip, at the cost of slower compression.
- What Analyser reads
- Open more archives, packages and installers: macOS XAR/.pkg/.mpkg installers (member list), Windows .msu updates (CAB), Snap SquashFS packages, Flatpak bundles, StuffIt (.sit/.sitx), lzop (.lzo) and Brotli (.br) streams, Java Web Start (.jnlp), and the .tlz/.tbz/.tz compressed-tarball shorthands.
- Depth of analysis
- .TBZ is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .TBZ file
- Drag a .TBZ file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.