Gzip-compressed data, typically wrapping a single file or a tarball.
| 0x00000000 | 1F8B | ·· | gzip magic |
Gzip compresses a single stream with DEFLATE and is the backbone of HTTP compression and the ubiquitous .tar.gz. Files start with the two magic bytes 1F 8B.
Have a file that might be GZIP? Identify it with the File Type Identifier — it reads the magic number locally, nothing is uploaded. Or browse all formats.