For Windows [portable]: Tar Gz

Use the native tar -xvzf filename.tar.gz in PowerShell. No installs, scriptable, and fast.

But what do you do when you right-click one in Windows and see no "Extract" option? tar gz for windows

Now you can open any .tar.gz file on Windows without hunting for a "converter" or dual-booting Linux. Have a favorite tool for handling Linux archives on Windows? Let us know in the comments. Use the native tar -xvzf filename

If you’ve ever downloaded a file from a Linux server, GitHub, or a software repository, you’ve probably encountered a .tar.gz or .tgz file. On Linux, these are as common as .zip files are on Windows. or a software repository