Base64 Encoder/Decoder
Encode and decode Base64 text and files
Encode to Base64
Convert plain text to Base64
Decode from Base64
Convert Base64 back to plain text
What is Base64?
Base64 is a binary-to-text encoding scheme that represents binary data in an ASCII string format using 64 printable characters.
Common Uses:
- Email attachments (MIME)
- Data URLs in web development
- API data transmission
- Configuration files
- Embedding images in CSS/HTML
Characteristics:
- Uses A-Z, a-z, 0-9, +, / characters
- Padding with = characters
- ~33% size increase from original
- Safe for text-based protocols
- Reversible encoding