Host a TAR file and share it as a link
Put a tar archive online at its own address — the Unix standard for bundling files, with permissions preserved.
Drop your TAR archive here
Any other file works too — up to 25.0 MB, or 100.0 MB for a whole site
Free to use. Your TAR file is live at your-name.99helpers.site in about ten seconds.
What is a .tar file?
Tar (tape archive) bundles many files into one without compressing anything — it dates to 1979 and preserves Unix file permissions, ownership and symbolic links, which ZIP handles poorly. That's why it's still the standard for anything that will be unpacked on a server.
What people use TAR files for
- Source code releases and software distributions
- Server backups where permissions matter
- Docker build contexts and deployment bundles
- Anything that will be extracted on Linux
What opens a TAR file
- tar, built into every Unix-like system
- macOS Finder, which unpacks .tar natively
- 7-Zip and WinRAR on Windows
- Every programming language, via a tar library
How to host a TAR file
- 1
Drop your TAR file in
Drag it onto the box at the top of this page, or click to choose it. Files up to 25 MB are supported, and nothing is uploaded until you publish.
- 2
Pick an address
Type a name and we'll tell you straight away whether it's free. That becomes the link: release-bundle.99helpers.site
- 3
Publish and share
Create a free account — that step exists so the file is yours to update, replace or delete — and the link is live within seconds.
The same three steps work for any file — see how file hosting works on 99helpers.com.
What happens when someone opens the link
The archive downloads. macOS and Linux unpack it with a double-click or a single command; Windows needs 7-Zip or the built-in tar command in recent versions.
Why host a TAR file instead of emailing it?
Source releases and deployment bundles need a stable URL that a script can curl. Hosting gives you one without a package registry or a release pipeline.
Worth knowing before you publish
- Plain tar doesn't compress — .tar.gz or .tgz is almost always what you want, and is a fraction of the size.
- Permissions and ownership survive, which is exactly why tar is used for anything unpacked on a server.
- A hosted tar can be piped straight into tar -x over curl, which is how a lot of install scripts work.
TAR hosting questions
- Why isn't my .tar file compressed?
- Tar only bundles; it doesn't compress. Compressing it with gzip gives you .tar.gz (or .tgz), which is what most distributions actually ship.
- Can Windows open a tar file?
- Recent Windows versions include the tar command, and 7-Zip handles it in the GUI. macOS and Linux unpack it natively.
- Can a script download and extract it directly?
- Yes — curl piped into tar -x works against the address, which is how many install scripts fetch their payload.
Put your TAR file online now
It takes about ten seconds, and you only make an account once the file is ready to go live.
Hosting guides for related formats
TAR is one of over 211 formats you can host — see free file hosting for any file type for the full list, or read the hosting guides for other file types.