How to open a .SAR file online
No extra software to download or install.
Pick your .SAR file
Drag it in or click to choose it. We read its contents list first, so it opens right away without unpacking everything.
Browse what's inside
See every file with its size, how much it's compressed and its date, and search by name across all the folders.
Preview or download
Click a file to preview text or images, or save just that one. Need everything? Download it all as a single ZIP.
About .SAR files
What a .SAR file is, and what's inside it.
A SAR file is a SAPCAR compressed archive, SAP's proprietary format for distributing kernel patches and support packages from the SAP Support Portal. General archivers like 7-Zip and WinRAR cannot open it. You need SAP's free SAPCAR command-line tool: run SAPCAR -xvf yourfile.sar to extract it.
Programs that open .SAR files
| Full name | SAPCAR Compressed Archive |
|---|---|
| Developer | SAP SE (formerly SAP AG) |
| First released | 1990s, as SAP's distribution archive format (CAR, later SAPCAR) |
| Category | Archives |
| MIME type | application/octet-stream |
| Signature | 43 41 52 20 32 2E 30 30 "CAR 2.00" (older) / "CAR 6.0", "RG" or "SAPCAR" style header |
Related viewers
Found something inside the archive? Open it here.
Do I have to unpack the whole .SAR file?
No. The viewer reads its table of contents first and only unpacks a file when you click it. That works even with multi-gigabyte archives, because we read just the bytes we need.
Can I open password-protected archives?
Yes, for ZIP (ZipCrypto and AES) and 7Z. You'll be asked for the password,. We can't recover forgotten passwords.
Is my .SAR file uploaded anywhere?
No. The code that unpacks the file is downloaded once and then reused.
Why does a .docx or .apk open as an archive?
Because they are ZIP archives under the hood. Office documents, Android apps, Java programs and EPUB books all use ZIP as their container.
What about split archives (.001, .z01, .part1.rar)?
Multi-part archives need all their parts. Today you can open the first part to see the file list; joining parts is on our roadmap.
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