Which tool do you need?
| If you… | Use |
|---|---|
| You have a .zip and want to see or save what is inside | ZIP Extractor |
| You have a .tar, .tar.gz or .tgz archive | TAR & TAR.GZ Extractor |
| You have a Windows .exe and want to know what it is before running it | EXE Extractor |
| You have a Windows Installer .msi package | MSI Extractor |
| You only want a program's icon | Icon Extractor |
For an installer you did not expect, read the publisher, signature and embedded URLs with the EXE extractor before running anything.
Containers, read as bytes and never run
Everything in this group is a container: a ZIP or TAR archive holding files, or a Windows executable or installer holding code and resources. The reading technique is shared — find the index, read the entry you want, decompress only that — so opening a 500 MB archive to save one file costs the file, not the archive.
The safety property is what sets these apart from double-clicking. A file inspected here is treated purely as data, so nothing inside it can execute — which makes this the right first step for a download you are unsure about. The EXE extractor reads a program's publisher, signature and embedded URLs without ever running it.
Many other file types are secretly archives too: .docx, .xlsx,
.apk and .jar are all ZIPs. The ZIP extractor opens
those as well, though the document and
data tools are more direct when you want their content specifically.
Every archives & executables tool
- ZIP Extractor — Open a ZIP archive, see exactly what is inside, preview text files and save just the files you need — without unpacking the whole thing.
- EXE Extractor — See what's inside any Windows .exe before you run it — icons, version and publisher details, embedded files, strings and URLs. Read as data, never executed.
- Icon Extractor — Pull the icon out of any Windows program or ICO file, at every size it was stored in, and save it as a PNG or a clean .ico.
- MSI Extractor — Open a Windows Installer package, read its product and publisher details, list the files in its CAB payload and save the payload out.
- TAR & TAR.GZ Extractor — Open a .tar, .tar.gz or .tgz archive. Lists every file with its size, date and permissions, and saves any of them.
- GZ Extractor — Decompress a single .gz file (log.gz, .sql.gz, .json.gz) back to the original. Nothing uploaded.
- HAR File Extractor — Inspect Chrome/Firefox .har files. Extract API endpoints, HTTP status codes, timing metrics and response data.
- SSL Certificate Parser — Inspect SSL/TLS PEM and CRT certificates. Check expiration dates, issuer, domain SANs and fingerprints.
- XML to JSON Extractor — Convert XML files, RSS feeds, and sitemaps into clean JSON arrays and tabular CSV. 100% in-browser processing.
- SQL Schema & Table Extractor — Parse SQL DDL scripts (`CREATE TABLE`). Extract table names, column names, data types, and primary keys.
Frequently asked questions
Is it safe to open a suspicious file with these tools?
Yes. Files are read as data and never executed, so their code cannot run. These are readers, not antivirus — they report what a file contains, they do not judge whether it is malicious.
Can I open a .docx or .apk with the ZIP extractor?
Yes. Both are ZIP containers, so the extractor lists everything inside them. For the text or images specifically, the document tools are more direct.
Are my files uploaded?
No. Every tool here reads the file from your disk in your browser and decompresses it with the browser's own facilities. Nothing is transmitted.