Base64 Encoder / Decoder
Changelog
Full release history and version notes for Base64 Encoder/Decoder.
Version 2.0
Latest
June 2026
First release under the Base64 Encoder and Decoder name and the first release on the Microsoft Store — same engine, refreshed identity and packaging.
New & Changed
- Rebranded to Base64 Encoder and Decoder — window title, navigation rail, About dialog and installer metadata all updated
- New brand logo, shown with rounded corners in the navigation rail and About dialog
- First release distributed through the Microsoft Store
- Polished Text tab — bordered editor cards, a per-editor footer with a live character count and a Clear link, a Copy chip on the Output header, and action buttons with consistent icons and widths
- Navigation rail gained a bottom action row with a theme toggle (sun/moon, synced with your saved theme) and an About button
- About dialog widened so the full product name fits on one line, with a refreshed information block, a clickable backendside.com link, and a build stamp shown alongside the version
Fixed
- Fixed an icon-rendering issue that could prevent the app window from opening on some setups
Version 1.0
June 2026
First public release — a modern Windows desktop app for encoding, decoding, inspecting and transforming text and files.
Encoding Formats
- Base64 — Standard, URL-safe, MIME (76-column), and PEM variants
- Base32 — RFC 4648 and Crockford alphabets
- Base58 — Bitcoin, Ripple, and Flickr alphabets
- Base85 — Ascii85 and Z85 alphabets
- Hex, URL encoding, HTML entities, and ROT13
Tools & Convenience
- Text encoder/decoder with a Detect button, choice of text encoding, and live size and inflation stats
- Single-file encode/decode with progress and cancel, drag-and-drop, and optional timestamp/attribute preservation
- Batch mode — process many files at once with per-file status and an overwrite policy
- Transform pipeline — chain steps (including Gzip, Deflate, Brotli compression and JSON pretty-print) with reordering and presets
- JWT decoder, HTTP Basic auth helper, and a snippet generator (Python, JavaScript, C#, cURL,
<img>)
- Image preview from Base64 or a
data: URI, and side-by-side Diff with colour highlighting
- Folder watch for automatic processing, a persistent History list, light/dark theme, and remembered settings