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Base85 (Ascii85) Encoder/Decoder

Encode and decode Base85 (Ascii85) text. Bidirectional -- edit either side. Runs entirely in your browser.

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Base85 (Ascii85)

About Ascii85 / Base85

Ascii85 encodes 4 bytes of binary data into 5 ASCII characters (printable range 33-117). It is more efficient than Base64 (25% overhead vs 33%). The encoded output is wrapped in <~...~> delimiters. Groups of four zero bytes are compressed to a singlez.

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