Encode and decode common text formats.

Encode and Decode is the quick converter for the everyday formats - Base64, Hex, URL encoding, HTML entities, and backslash escapes - paste something garbled, flip it back to readable, or encode a value for a header or a URL, then copy and move on.

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What it does

Flip text between the everyday encodings, both ways.

Encode or decode Base64 in a click.

Handle Hex, URL encoding, and HTML entities.

Escape or unescape text safely.

Copy the transformed result instantly.

Detailed capabilities

What Encode / Decode covers.

Concrete features, inputs, and workflow details for this tool.

The everyday formats

Base64, Hex, URL, HTML entities, and backslash escapes - the encodings that show up in headers, tokens, and logs all day long.

Both directions

Encode a value to drop into a URL or header, or decode a garbled string back into something you can read.

Paste, flip, copy

A tight loop for the dozens of small conversions a normal coding session throws at you.

How to use it

From opening the tool to saving the result.

  1. 01

    Paste text.

  2. 02

    Choose the encoding or decoding mode.

  3. 03

    Review the transformed output.

  4. 04

    Copy the result.

Questions

Before you try Encode / Decode

Does it process files?

This tool is for text transformations.

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