@gera2ld/tarjs

A zero-dependency JavaScript library to read and write tar files.

Features

• reading and writing
• UTF-8 support for filenames and contents
• no dependency, with support for Node.js, browsers, Deno

Limitations

• File name (including path) has to be less than 100 characters
• Maximum total file size seems to be limited to somewhere between 500MB to 1GB (exact limit is unknown)

Usage

// ESM
import { TarReader, TarWriter } from '@gera2ld/tarjs';
// IIFE
const { TarReader, TarWriter } = window.tarjs;

const reader = await TarReader.load(tarFile);
console.log('Loaded items:', reader.fileInfos);

Check jsdoc for API reference.

Credits

• ankitrohatgi/tarballjs
• Basic Tar Format