ReneNyffenegger/cpp-base64

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1038 stars · 333 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A small C++ library for base64 encoding and decoding. It provides simple functions to convert data to and from base64 representation.

Use cases

• encode binary data as base64 in c++
• decode base64 strings in c++
• embed base64 encoding in a c++ project
• convert images or files to base64 for embedding
• base64 encode data for email or http headers

When to choose

• you need a lightweight, dependency-free base64 implementation in c++
• you want a simple, well-known single-purpose library
• you need to encode or decode base64 without pulling in a large framework

When to avoid

• your project already uses a large library like OpenSSL or Boost that includes base64 utilities
• you need streaming or high-performance bulk encoding of very large data
• you require a permissively licensed library, as the license is non-standard

Facets

library · maturity stable

serialization developer-tools files cpp cross-platform base64 encoding decoding header-only

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