Base116 is like Base85, but it increases data size by only 1/6 instead of 1/4.
Base116 exploits properties of UTF-8 to convert arbitrary binary data to valid, printable UTF-8, with a lower size overhead than is possible with any printable ASCII encoding.
For example, this binary data (in hex):
9329bd4b43da0bfdd1d97bdf081a2d42ec540155
is encoded as:
DZ<Oȥґ|yO(WFic{2n㎨r~9*Dz
Wrapping ‘DZ’ and ‘Dz’ characters are added by default to make encoded data easier to select, as the data may start or end with combining characters or characters from right-to-left scripts.
This crate provides both a binary and a library.
Install with Cargo:
cargo install base116base116 behaves like the base64 binary on Unix-like systems: base116
encodes, and base116 -d decodes. See base116 --help for more information.
Documentation for the library is available on docs.rs.
Base116 is licensed under version 3 of the GNU Affero General Public License, or (at your option) any later version. See LICENSE.
By contributing to Base116, you agree that your contribution may be used according to the terms of Base116’s license.