About DevToolsForYou
What is DevToolsForYou?
DevToolsForYou is a free collection of focused, browser-based utilities built for developers. Each tool lives on its own dedicated page so you can bookmark it, share it with teammates, and get straight to work without wading through an all-in-one Swiss Army knife interface.
The site currently offers 7 tools covering the tasks developers reach for most often — encoding, decoding, formatting, hashing, converting, and inspecting.
Available tools
- Base64 Encoder and Decoder — Encode text to Base64 or decode Base64 back into readable text with Unicode-safe support.
- URL Encoder and Decoder — Encode or decode URLs, query strings, and parameter values for safe transport across the web.
- JSON Formatter, Minifier, and Validator — Format, minify, and validate JSON payloads.
- Unix Timestamp Converter — Convert Unix time to readable date formats and back.
- JWT Encoder and Decoder — Decode JWTs and generate signed or unsigned tokens in the browser.
- Hash Generator — Generate MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, and SHA-512 hashes from text input.
- HTML Escape Tool — Escape and unescape HTML entities for safe display in code, templates, and content.
How it works
Every transformation runs entirely inside your browser using standard web APIs and JavaScript. When you paste a value and trigger a tool, the result is computed locally and displayed on the page. Nothing you type or paste is sent to any server.
There are no accounts, no subscriptions, no paywalls, and no third-party tracking scripts. Open a tool, use it, and go.
Why dedicated pages?
Most developer utility sites cram every tool onto a single page with tabs or a sidebar. That works, but it means every tool shares the same URL, making bookmarks useless and sharing awkward.
DevToolsForYou gives every tool its own clean URL — e.g. /base64-encoder-decoder, /json-formatter, /epoch-unix-converter — so links are shareable, bookmarks are meaningful, and each workspace stays focused on a single task.
Privacy
No data you enter into any tool is collected, logged, or stored. See the full Privacy Policy for details.
Contact
Questions, feedback, or tool requests can be sent to hello@devtoolsforyou.com.