## [![Tar saved Unix backups in 1979. Now it saves your dataloader.](/blog/assets/images/hero-image-2423b5f25617b796eba9d51333a6c418.webp)](/blog/bundle-api/.md)[Tar saved Unix backups in 1979. Now it saves your dataloader.](/blog/bundle-api/.md)

Tigris bundles let you pull thousands of objects in one HTTP request as a streaming tar archive — no more one GET per object. Here's how it works and why.

Xe Iaso · June 11, 2026 ·

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