base

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  • main branchlatestOct 17, 2025

github.com/maximerety/base

A simple CLI to convert a binary data string representation between bases (hex, base32, base64)

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License: MIT

Installation

# Add this to your shard.yml
dependencies:
  base:
    github: maximerety/base
    branch: main

main is a branch, not a release, so this tracks it rather than pinning a version.

Then run:

shards install

shard.yml

Crystal
1.18.0
License
MIT
Author
maximerety
Target
  • base from src/base.cr

Dependencies

Runtime Dependencies

  • base32*github: didactic-drunk/base32

README

base

A simple CLI to convert a binary data string representation between bases (hex, base32, base64).

Installation

# Install dependencies
shards install

# Pick a destination
DEST="${HOME}/.local/bin"

crystal build --release -o "$DEST/base" src/base.cr

Usage

Usage: base [options]
    -i, --input-base INPUT_BASE      Specify input base in [16, 32, 64]
    -o, --output-base OUTPUT_BASE    Specify output base in [16, 32, 64]
    -p, --padding                    Specify if output should be padded
    -u, --url-safe                   Specify if output should be url safe
    -h, --help                       Show this message

Development

# Run tests
crystal spec

Contributing

  1. Fork it (https://github.com/maximerety/base/fork)
  2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
  3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
  4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
  5. Create a new Pull Request

Contributors