Encoding Identifier
Identify the character encoding of your text and detect various text formats.
Input Text
Enter or paste the text you want to analyze.
Detection Results
Analysis of your text's encoding and format
Detected Encoding
No text to analyze
About Text Encoding
Text encoding is the way computers store and represent text characters. Different encoding systems are used for different purposes and languages.
Common Encodings
ASCII
The basic character encoding standard for English text. Uses 7 bits to represent each character, supporting 128 different characters.
UTF-8
A variable-width encoding that can represent any Unicode character. Backward compatible with ASCII and widely used on the web.
Base64
An encoding scheme that represents binary data using a set of 64 characters. Commonly used for encoding binary data in email and web applications.
When to Use Each Encoding
- ASCII:Best for basic English text without special characters
- UTF-8:Ideal for multilingual content and special characters
- Base64:Used for encoding binary data in text-based formats
- Hexadecimal:Common in programming and binary data representation
- Binary:Raw binary data representation