Sample TAR.GZ Files — Download Gzipped Tarball Test Archives
Gzip-compressed tarball (.tar.gz / .tgz) · .tar.gz, .tgz · MIME type application/gzip
Download a sample TAR.GZ file — the standard Unix distribution format: a tar archive compressed with gzip. Source releases, npm packages, Homebrew bottles and most Linux downloads are .tar.gz or .tgz, so anything that accepts developer uploads will meet it.
Three sizes of real content are provided. An extractor must decompress and untar in one pass and should stream rather than buffer the whole archive — the large file is a reasonable check.
Download sample TAR.GZ files
| File | Details | Size | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
sample-archive-small.tar.gz | 7 entries | 745 KB | |
sample-archive-medium.tar.gz | 5 entries | 2.9 MB | |
sample-archive-large.tar.gz | 23 entries | 5.6 MB |
Use these files from the command line or CI
Every URL is stable and CORS-open. Pin the SHA-256 in your test and you will know the moment a fixture changes.
# Download one file curl -O https://pnb-website-bucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/samples/archives/tar-gz/sample-archive-small.tar.gz # Verify it (SHA-256 is listed for every file above) shasum -a 256 sample-archive-small.tar.gz # Machine-readable index of every sample file curl https://pnb-website-bucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/samples/index.json | jq '.files[] | select(.format=="tar-gz")'
TAR.GZ format at a glance
| Full name | Gzip-compressed tarball (.tar.gz / .tgz) |
|---|---|
| Extensions | .tar.gz, .tgz |
| MIME type | application/gzip |
| Format | POSIX tar inside gzip (DEFLATE) |
| Extensions | .tar.gz and .tgz are identical |
| Magic bytes | 1F 8B (gzip) |
What people test with sample TAR.GZ files
- Source and package upload handling
- Streaming decompress-and-extract
- CI artifact tooling
Frequently asked questions
How do I extract a .tar.gz on Windows?
Windows 10 (1803+) includes tar: run tar -xzf file.tar.gz in a terminal. 7-Zip also opens it (as two steps or one, depending on version). macOS and Linux: tar -xzf file.tar.gz.
Are these TAR.GZ files safe to download?
Yes. Every file is generated by our own open script from scratch — nothing is scraped or user-uploaded — and contains no scripts, macros or executables. The SHA-256 of each file is published on this page so you can verify what you received.
Can I use the sample TAR.GZ files commercially?
Yes. They are free for any purpose, including commercial products, test suites, demos and redistribution, with no attribution required. There is nothing to license and no one to ask.
Can I hotlink these files or use them in CI?
Yes. Every link is a stable direct URL over HTTPS with Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * and long cache headers, so curl, wget, fetch() and test runners can pull them directly. A JSON index of every file is linked from each page (see the command-line section).
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