AnyCoder

A fast, lightweight command-line utility for encoding and decoding data between different formats. AnyCoder supports base64, base64url, and hexadecimal formats, making it perfect for shell pipelines and automation scripts.

Features

• Multiple formats: Supports base64, base64url, and hex encoding/decoding
• Pipeline-friendly: Reads from stdin and writes to stdout
• Fast: Written in Rust for optimal performance
• Simple: Clean, intuitive command-line interface
• Error handling: Clear error messages with context

Installation

From Source

git clone https://github.com/boazyaniv/anycoder.git
cd anycoder
cargo build --release

The binary will be available at target/release/anycoder.

Usage

AnyCoder uses mutually exclusive --encode and --decode flags:

anycoder --encode <FORMAT>
anycoder --decode <FORMAT>

Supported Formats

• base64 - Standard Base64 encoding (RFC 4648)
• base64url - URL-safe Base64 encoding without padding
• hex - Hexadecimal encoding

Examples

Basic Encoding

echo "Hello, World!" | anycoder --encode base64
# Output: SGVsbG8sIFdvcmxkIQo=

echo "Hello, World!" | anycoder --encode hex
# Output: 48656c6c6f2c20576f726c64210a

Basic Decoding

echo "SGVsbG8sIFdvcmxkIQo=" | anycoder --decode base64
# Output: Hello, World!

echo "48656c6c6f2c20576f726c64210a" | anycoder --decode hex
# Output: Hello, World!

Chaining Operations

# Convert hex to base64
echo "deadbeef" | anycoder --decode hex | anycoder --encode base64
# Output: 3q2+7w==

# Convert base64 to base64url
echo "SGVsbG8sIFdvcmxkIQ==" | anycoder --decode base64 | anycoder --encode base64url
# Output: SGVsbG8sIFdvcmxkIQ

Working with Files

# Encode a file
cat file.txt | anycoder --encode base64 > encoded.txt

# Decode a file
cat encoded.txt | anycoder --decode base64 > decoded.txt

Help

Get help with the --help flag:

anycoder --help

Development

Prerequisites

• Rust 1.70 or later

Building

cargo build

Running Tests

cargo test

Code Quality

cargo clippy
cargo fmt

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.