Free Text to Code Converter
This text to code converter changes plain text into URL encoded text, Base64, hexadecimal, or binary. It can also convert supported values back into readable text and generate hashes.
Choose Encode URL Text to make the input URL-safe, or Decode URL Text to restore supported encoded text.
Choose Encode as Base64 to change plain text, or Decode Base64 to restore a supported value.
Choose whether to change text into hexadecimal values or turn supported values back into text.
Choose whether to change text into binary or turn supported binary values back into text.
Choose the hash value that you want to create from the input.
How to Use the Text to Code Converter
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Enter your input: Paste or type your text or code into the input box.
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Choose an action: Select the tab for the type of conversion you need.
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Click a button: Choose whether to encode, decode, convert, or create a hash.
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Use the result: Copy the output or download it as a text file.
What You Can Do With This Converter
URL Encoding and Decoding
Make text safe to use in part of a web address, or change supported encoded text back to its original form. Learn how this works in the MDN guide to URL encoding.
Base64 Conversion
Change text into Base64 or decode a supported Base64 value. The format follows the alphabet described in RFC 4648.
Hexadecimal Conversion
View text as hexadecimal values, or turn valid hexadecimal values back into text.
Binary Conversion
View text as groups of binary digits, or turn valid binary values back into readable text.
Best Practices
- Match the input to the action. For example, paste a valid Base64 value before you choose Base64 Decode.
- Test long or complex input in smaller parts so it is easier to spot a mistake.
- Keep a copy of important input before you replace it with a converted value.
What Is a Text to Code Converter?
A text to code converter changes characters into a format that another tool or system can use. Encoding is different from encryption because a supported encoded value can be decoded without a secret key. A hash works in a different way. It creates a set result from the input instead of an encoded value that this tool can reverse.
Key Features of This Online Converter
- URL encoder and decoder: Convert special characters for use in a web address or decode supported URL text.
- Base64 converter: Encode plain text as Base64 or decode a supported Base64 value.
- Hexadecimal converter: Change text into hexadecimal values or convert valid hexadecimal values back to text.
- Binary converter: Change text into binary digits or convert valid binary values back to text.
- Hash generator: Create MD5, SHA-1, or SHA-256 output from your text.
- Browser-based processing: Run each conversion in your browser without sending the input to our server.
- Free access: Use the tool without registration or a set usage limit.
Why Use an Online Code Converter?
An online converter is useful when you need a quick result without installing another app. All five tabs use the same input and output boxes, so you can try a different action without moving your text to another page.
Common Encoding Tasks Made Simple
Paste a value once, choose a tab, and run the action you need. You can copy the result for another app or download it as a text file. Clear the input when you are ready to start a new task.
Secure and Private Conversion
The converter runs in your browser, and its buttons do not upload your input to our server. Still, avoid pasting passwords or other secrets into a device or browser you do not trust. MD5 and SHA-1 are included for older uses and testing, but they should not be used when strong collision protection is needed. See the IETF security guidance for MD5 and the NIST Secure Hash Standard.
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