Turn a .gz file into a ZIP. It is converted in your browser, so the file never leaves your device.
Drop GZ files here
or choose from your computer paste with Ctrl V
from Photos or Files
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Drop GZ (gzip) files onto the box above, or click it to choose them. ToAny reads the file's contents to detect the type, so a wrong extension does not matter.
Press Convert. There is nothing else to set. The work happens in this tab.
Save the ZIP, or download everything as one ZIP if you converted several files.
The GZ to ZIP converter is part of this page and runs inside your browser. Your compressed files are never sent to ToAny or to anyone else.
Nothing has to travel to a server and back, so the conversion starts the moment you press Convert, even on a slow connection.
No sign-up, no email address and no watermark. Add several files and download them together as a ZIP.
A .gz file is a single file compressed with gzip, typically a log, a database dump or a downloaded dataset. Wrapping it in a ZIP gives you something every computer opens by double-click.
A password-protected archive is refused, since its contents cannot be read without the password. A .gz file holds one file and no folders; that file is unpacked as it is and then repacked into the ZIP.
A .gz file is a single file squeezed with gzip. Unlike ZIP it holds exactly one file and no folder structure, which is why it is usually paired with TAR to make a .tar.gz. Web servers use the same compression for pages, and logs and database dumps are routinely gzipped.
Opens in macOS, Linux and 7-Zip; recent versions of Windows
GZ converterZIP bundles files and folders into one compressed file. Every operating system can open it without installing anything, which makes it the safe choice for sharing.
Opens in Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android without extra software
ZIP converter| GZGzip file | ZIPZIP archive | |
|---|---|---|
| Stands for | gzip | ZIP |
| Type | Compressed file | Compressed archive |
| Compression | Lossless (Deflate) | Lossless (Deflate) |
| Introduced | 1992, by Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler | 1989, by Phil Katz (PKWARE) |
| Opens in | macOS, Linux and 7-Zip; recent versions of Windows | Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android without extra software |
| Best for | Compressing one file or stream, such as a log or a web response | Sending several files as one |
| File extension | .gz, .gzip | .zip |
No. The GZ to ZIP conversion runs inside your browser, on your own phone or computer. The file is not sent to ToAny or to anyone else.
No. The files inside are repackaged unchanged.
Yes. Add as many as you like, convert them together and download each result or all of them as one ZIP.
The steps are the same everywhere because ToAny runs in the web browser: open this page in a current version of Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox, add the GZ file, press Convert and save the ZIP. There is nothing to install.
Yes. An archive can be up to 500 MB, unpack to at most 1 GB and hold up to 50,000 files; beyond those limits the page says so. Beyond that the limit is your device's memory, since nothing is uploaded; a computer copes with large files better than a phone.