DAR Converter

Convert DAR files online for free

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How to convert your DAR file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your DAR file.
You'll see a preview.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert DAR to another file type

The converter easily converts your DAR file to various formats - free and online. No WinRAR or extra software needed.

DAR to OAR
DAR to ZIP
DAR to RAR
DAR to 7Z
DAR to TAR
DAR to GZ
DAR to BZ2
DAR to XZ
DAR to LZMA
DAR to CAB
DAR to ACE
DAR to ARJ

Convert a file to DAR

The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Backup formats to DAR with high quality output.

XXE to DAR
7Z to DAR
Z to DAR
PAK to DAR
LHA to DAR
DEB to DAR
UUE to DAR
TAR to DAR
LZH to DAR
ZIP to DAR
PKG to DAR
RAR to DAR

About DAR files

The .DAR extension represents a diverse set of file formats, most predominantly the Disk ARchive, a backup format created by the dar command-line utility. Unlike the standard tar command, dar supports direct access indices and differential backups, making it popular for advanced Linux system archiving. A significant number of .DAR files are also Deployment Archives used by Digital.ai Deploy (formerly XebiaLabs), which are essentially structured ZIP files containing application code. Less frequently, the extension is found in legacy DVD authoring projects from Sony DVD Architect or Sonic Solutions.

Users often struggle with Disk Archive .DAR files because they are typically command-line exclusive and may be split into multiple "slices" (file.1.dar, file.2.dar), making them inaccessible to standard Windows or macOS unzipping tools without specialized software like DarGUI. Deployment packages can be confusing as they hide their contents behind a non-standard extension.

Conversion Strategies:

For Backups: The best approach is extracting the contents and repacking them into a universally compatible format like ZIP or 7Z for easier distribution across operating systems.
For Deployment: Since these are often renamed ZIPs, changing the extension from .DAR to ZIP allows immediate access to the internal manifest and files.
For DVD Projects: These are proprietary project files, not video files. You must open them in the original authoring software to render/convert the final output to ISO or MP4.

Convert.Guru analyzes your DAR file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted PDF, DAT, PNG, ZIP, DTO, SFE, K7 and OAR files.

The DAR Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our DAR converter.