# Base64 encoder and decoder
Encode text to Base64 and decode Base64 back locally in your browser. Each
direction is its own QIP component:
of WebAssembly to encode
and to decode.
Text decoded from Base64 is shown as UTF-8; binary payloads display as
replacement characters, so use **Download decoded bytes** for those. Both
components handle up to 64 KiB.
## Download
- base64-encode.wasm —
- base64-decode.wasm —
## CLI equivalent
```bash
qip run components/bytes/base64-encode.wasm < image.png > image.png.b64
qip run components/utf8/base64-decode.wasm < image.png.b64 > image.png
```
The decoder treats every input byte as Base64 data, so strip newlines first
when a file wraps its lines: `tr -d '\n' < wrapped.b64 | qip run
components/utf8/base64-decode.wasm`.