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Show HN: String.is – an open-source, privacy-friendly online string toolkit

6 pointsby recurserabout 3 years ago

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recurserabout 3 years ago
I&#x27;m wary of using closed-source online string formatters and converters, so I&#x27;ve been working on <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;string.is&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;string.is&#x2F;</a> as a safe, open-source alternative. I had a couple of goals when building it:<p>1. It should be open-source.<p>2. It should not set any cookies.<p>3. It should have a strict Content Security Policy.<p>4. It should be opinionated about dependancies, and only use well-known, well-supported libraries.<p>5. It should try to detect the format of the input, and intelligently choose output options.<p>The last point in particular I feel is an improvement on most existing services - paste in some text and it will try to auto-detect the format and convert it accordingly (although admittedly detection of some formats is a bit primitive currently).<p>It&#x27;s built with TypeScript + Next.js. In addition to the hosted version, the GitHub README has one-click install buttons for Vercel and Heroku, plus Docker images.<p>Source: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;recurser&#x2F;string-is" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;recurser&#x2F;string-is</a><p>Demo: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;string.is&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;string.is&#x2F;</a> (click &#x27;load an example&#x27; to get a random converter)<p>More info: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;string.is&#x2F;about" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;string.is&#x2F;about</a><p>There are a couple of other tools in this space if you&#x27;re interested in alternatives:<p><pre><code> - https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gchq.github.io&#x2F;CyberChef&#x2F; (online) - https:&#x2F;&#x2F;devutils.app&#x2F; by HN member trungdq88 (MacOS) - https:&#x2F;&#x2F;devtoys.app&#x2F; by HN member veler (Windows) - https:&#x2F;&#x2F;boop.okat.best&#x2F; (MacOS)</code></pre>
catchmeifyoucanabout 3 years ago
This looks great. Better than the top google search results I use for this.<p>Would be awesome if there was a string diff mode
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