Yes. Up to 100 MB per file and up to 3 files per request are free. Files expire in 72 hours unless you pay $2 to extend by 30 days, or pay to group them into a 30-day space for $5.

Do I need to sign up?

No. Anonymous use is the default. You can optionally attach your email so you can recover files later if you lose the share link.

How long do files last?

Free files expire in 72 hours. After that there is a 7-day grace period during which a $2 extend will bring the file back for 30 more days. After the grace period the storage is permanently purged.

Can AI agents use quik.space?

Yes. quik.space exposes an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server and accepts the x402 standard for stablecoin micropayments on Base. Agents do not need API keys or signup — their wallet is their identity.

What file types are supported?

Any file up to 5 GB. The recipient page renders inline previews for images, audio, video, PDFs, markdown, HTML (sandboxed), Microsoft Office docs, and plain text or code.

Is the gzip compression preserved?

Yes. We do not re-compress or re-pack. The bytes are unchanged.

What about file permissions inside the tarball?

Preserved. tar stores mode bits, ownership, timestamps. quik.space does not touch any of that.

Can the recipient unpack on Windows?

Yes. 7-Zip handles .tar.gz on Windows. WSL handles it natively. macOS has tar built in.

Can I send a .tar.xz or .tar.bz2 instead?

Yes. Same flow. quik.space stores any file byte-for-byte.

.tar.gzdev

How to send a tar.gz file.

tar.gz is the Unix world's default archive. Permissions, timestamps, symlinks, all of it survives the tar wrapper. quik.space stores the file byte-for-byte. The recipient runs tar -xzf and recovers the exact tree.

Drop your TAR.GZ archive here.

Free up to 100 MB. No signup, no email needed.

No email means no recovery. If you lose this link, we can't get you back to this file.

Price scales with file count, up to 25 files. Shown once. 7-day expiry.

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What is a TAR.GZ archive?

TAR.GZ archive files use the .tar.gz, .tgz extension and the application/gzip MIME type. The format sits in the dev category. Typical files run 10 MB - 5 GB, which is well above what most email services will accept as an attachment.

Why you can’t email a TAR.GZ archive

TAR.GZ is the Unix archive format. Like ZIP, email services often strip it as a malware risk, and the size caps make it unworkable for real backups or code dumps.Slack, Discord, and most other workplace tools have similar caps, often around 1 GB for free tiers and with aggressive per-channel storage limits. Even when the file fits, it counts against the recipient’s mailbox quota forever.

How quik.space handles TAR.GZ archive

quik.space stores the .tar.gz byte-for-byte. The recipient unpacks with tar -xzf and recovers the exact file tree. The share page does not preview archives or installers. The recipient downloads the file with one click.

The file lives for 72 hours by default and then enters a 7-day grace period. We do not train AI on your files. We do not share them with third parties. After grace, the bytes are permanently purged from storage. Read the full policy on privacy.

Common use cases

Send a server backup tarball to another admin
Hand off a Linux build artifact to a deployment partner
Share a research data archive with a collaborator
Backup a project tree to a cloud-hosted recipient

Frequently asked

Is the gzip compression preserved?: Yes. We do not re-compress or re-pack. The bytes are unchanged.
What about file permissions inside the tarball?: Preserved. tar stores mode bits, ownership, timestamps. quik.space does not touch any of that.
Can the recipient unpack on Windows?: Yes. 7-Zip handles .tar.gz on Windows. WSL handles it natively. macOS has tar built in.
Can I send a .tar.xz or .tar.bz2 instead?: Yes. Same flow. quik.space stores any file byte-for-byte.

Related file types

Looking for size-based pages instead? See the pricing table or read the full FAQ.