z85

This repository provides a package and CLI for working with Z85.

Z85 [is] a format for representing binary data as printable text. Z85 is a derivative of existing Ascii85 encoding mechanisms, modified for better usability, particularly for use in source code.

Installation

Get a pre-built binary from the latest Release page.

Or install with Go:

go install github.com/braheezy/z85@latest

Usage

Use the z85 tool to encode binary to Z85 string format, or vice-versa. Supports pipes:

Library

To use the library, import it and run go mod tidy to have it installed automatically:

// main.go
package main

import z85 "github.com/braheezy/z85/pkg"

func main() {
    inputData := []byte{0x86, 0x4F, 0xD2, 0x6F, 0xB5, 0x59, 0xF7, 0x5B}
    encodedString, _ := z85.Encode(inputData)
    println(encodedString)
}

> go mod tidy
> go run main.go
HelloWorld

Full decode and encode examples can be found in main.go.