Text to Binary Encode & Decode
Convert text to binary bits (8-bit per byte) and back. This tool does both encode and decode on one page — just pick a mode, paste your text, and click. Everything runs on your device, nothing is sent to a server.
Everything runs in your browser. Your data is never sent to our servers.
Example
Example Input
Hello
Example Output
01001000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111
How to Use
- 1Choose Encode or Decode mode at the top.
- 2Type or paste your text into the Input field.
- 3Click the button (or press Ctrl+Enter) to process. The result appears in the Output field.
- 4Click Copy to copy the result, or "Swap input/output" to quickly reverse the operation.
About Text to Binary
The Binary tool converts text to the binary representation of its bytes — each byte shown as 8 zeros/ones, space-separated. Decode turns the bits back into text.
How it works: text is encoded to UTF-8 bytes, then each byte is formatted as 8 bits. On decode, each bit group is read as one byte and reassembled into UTF-8 text.
Binary representation is useful for education (understanding how computers store text), bit-level debugging, and experimenting with bitwise operations.
FAQ
Can this Text to Binary tool both encode and decode?
Yes. This is a single page with a toggle — use Encode mode to transform text, and Decode mode to reverse it. No need for two separate pages.
Is my data sent to a server?
No. Text to Binary is processed entirely in your browser. The text you enter never leaves your device.