How to open a .EAR file online
No extra software to download or install.
Pick your .EAR 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 .EAR files
What a .EAR file is, and what's inside it.
An EAR (Enterprise Archive) file is a ZIP-based package that bundles a complete Java enterprise application (web modules, EJB business logic, and shared libraries) for deployment to a Jakarta EE server such as WildFly or GlassFish. You do not open it like a document; you deploy it to an application server. To inspect the contents without deploying, rename it to .zip and open with 7-Zip.
Programs that open .EAR files
| Full name | Java Enterprise Archive |
|---|---|
| Developer | Sun Microsystems (now Oracle); part of the J2EE/Jakarta EE specification |
| First released | 1999 (J2EE 1.2 specification) |
| Category | Archives |
| MIME type | application/java-archive |
| Signature | 50 4B 03 04 "PK" - standard ZIP local file header |
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Do I have to unpack the whole .EAR 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 .EAR 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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