Turn XZ compressed files into BZ2. It is converted in your browser, so the file never leaves your device.
Drop XZ files here
or choose from your computer paste with Ctrl V
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Drop XZ 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 BZ2, or download everything as one ZIP if you converted several files.
The XZ to BZ2 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.
XZ holds one file only, compresses slowly and is less widely supported than ZIP. BZ2 makes smaller files than gzip. XZ is at home in software distribution where download size matters; BZ2 is the usual choice for compressing one file or a TAR archive on Unix systems.
A password-protected archive is refused, since its contents cannot be read without the password. A .xz file holds one file and no folders; that file is unpacked as it is and then repacked in the new format.
XZ squeezes a single file with the LZMA2 algorithm, producing noticeably smaller files than gzip at the cost of more time and memory when compressing. Linux kernel sources and many distribution packages are shipped as .tar.xz.
Opens in Linux, 7-Zip and most archive utilities
XZ converterbzip2 compresses a single file with the Burrows-Wheeler transform, giving smaller files than gzip but slower. It was the default for source tarballs before XZ took over, and .bz2 files are still common in scientific data.
Opens in Linux, macOS Terminal, 7-Zip and most archive utilities
BZ2 converter| XZXZ file | BZ2Bzip2 file | |
|---|---|---|
| Stands for | XZ | bzip2 |
| Type | Compressed file | Compressed file |
| Compression | Lossless (LZMA2) | Lossless (Burrows-Wheeler) |
| Introduced | 2009, by Lasse Collin (XZ Utils) | 1996, by Julian Seward |
| Opens in | Linux, 7-Zip and most archive utilities | Linux, macOS Terminal, 7-Zip and most archive utilities |
| Best for | Software distribution where download size matters | Compressing one file or a TAR archive on Unix systems |
| File extension | .xz | .bz2, .bzip2 |
No. The XZ to BZ2 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 XZ file, press Convert and save the BZ2. 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.