ApplicationBinary

`application/x-tar`

TAR Archive

Reference for application/x-tar, the MIME type for tape archive files used to bundle files on Unix and Linux systems.

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Expected extensions: .tar

HTTP Content-Type Header

HTTP Header

Content-Type: application/x-tar

Associated File Extensions

.tar

Quick Facts

MIME Type	application/x-tar
Category	Application
Type	Binary
Extensions	.tar

Common Usage

TAR bundles multiple files into a single archive without compression. It is almost always combined with gzip (.tar.gz), bzip2 (.tar.bz2), or xz (.tar.xz) for compressed distribution.

TAR is the standard packaging format for Linux source code and software distribution.

Code Examples

HTML

<!-- Link or embed with explicit type -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="file.tar" type="application/x-tar">

<!-- Or for script/media elements -->
<script type="application/x-tar" src="file.tar"></script>

Node.js

// Express.js
app.get('/file', (req, res) => {
  res.type('application/x-tar');
  res.send(data);
});

// Node.js http
res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/x-tar' });

nginx

# nginx.conf — add to types block or use default
types {
    application/x-tar  tar;
}

# Or set for a specific location
location /api/ {
    default_type application/x-tar;
}