≈ 700 byte* polyfill for browsers which don't provide window.btoa and
window.atob.
Base64.js stems from a gist by yahiko.
make setup
make test
* Minified and gzipped. Run make bytes to verify.
The js-base64 package provides similar functionality for encoding and decoding Base64 strings. It is a well-maintained and widely used package with a simple API. Compared to Base64, js-base64 offers additional methods for URL-safe encoding and decoding.
The base-64 package is another alternative for Base64 encoding and decoding. It is lightweight and has no dependencies, making it a good choice for projects where minimizing bundle size is important. It offers similar functionality to the Base64 package but with a slightly different API.
The buffer package is part of the Node.js core library and provides a way to handle binary data directly. It includes methods for Base64 encoding and decoding. While it offers more comprehensive functionality for binary data manipulation, it can be more complex to use compared to the Base64 package.
FAQs
Base64 encoding and decoding
The npm package Base64 receives a total of 431,830 weekly downloads. As such, Base64 popularity was classified as popular.
We found that Base64 demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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