Open EAR files in your browser
A Java enterprise app, with the web apps and modules it's made of. Open one right here to see each module and its libraries. Nothing leaves your device.
Or drop it anywhere on this page
What you'll see
Your app opens like a folder, its files listed on the left, with a page beside them on what it is, who signed it and what it asks for.
- Its signature • Checked inside your browser
- SHA-256 • Compare it or look it up on VirusTotal
- Heads-ups • What it asks for and what runs
- Its files • Manifests open as text
About EAR
An EAR packs a whole Java EE or Jakarta EE app for a server such as WildFly or WebSphere: META-INF/application.xml lists its modules, which are WARs for the web, EJB JARs for its business logic and plain JARs it shares between them in lib/.
Each module inside is an archive of its own, deployed with the others. Like JARs, EARs can be signed, though few are.
Filepeek lists the WARs and JARs inside, each opening as an archive of its own with its servlets, libraries and manifest, and checks a signature when there is one.
Java enterprise application archive
.ear
Format
- MIME type
- application/java-archive
- Made by
- Sun Microsystems
- Released
- 1999
Inside the file
- Container
- ZIP
- Setup
- META-INF/application.xml
- Modules
- WARs, EJB JARs and libraries
- Shared
- lib/
Opens in every browser
No browser opens an EAR: they download it. Filepeek opens it as a folder in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari.
- YouChromeOpens through Filepeek
- YouEdgeOpens through Filepeek
- YouFirefoxOpens through Filepeek
- YouSafariOpens through Filepeek
Questions
How do I see what an EAR holds?
Drop it on this page or choose Peek an EAR. A page lists its modules and the libraries they share, and its files are listed like a folder.
Can I open the WARs inside an EAR?
Yes. Pick one on the left and it opens as a WAR of its own, with its servlets and its libraries.
How do I look up an EAR on VirusTotal?
Filepeek works out its SHA-256 inside your browser. Look up on VirusTotal opens VirusTotal's page for that hash, and only the hash goes, never the file. Compare checks it against a SHA-256, SHA-1 or MD5 you paste.
Does opening an EAR deploy it?
No. Filepeek only reads it: nothing in it runs, nothing is deployed and it never leaves your device.
Can I get files out of an EAR?
Yes. Pick any file on the left to open it. application.xml opens as XML. In Chrome and Edge on a computer, Export extracts them all into a folder.