DIGITAL UTILITY KIT

Free Online Developer Tools

A compact toolbox for common development and debugging tasks. Many operations are performed entirely in the browser, making the tools useful for quick checks without a local setup.

Available tools

11 free tools in this category.

Guides and explanations

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JSON vs CSV: Differences, Use Cases and Conversion Tips

One holds shape, the other holds a table. Knowing which problem you have decides the format, and decides what breaks when you convert between them.

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How to Format and Validate JSON Quickly

Reading an unreadable API response, finding the character that actually broke it, and knowing which JSON-like things are not JSON at all.

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Is It Safe to Decode a JWT Online?

A JWT is readable by anyone who holds it, and pasting a live one into a website hands over a working credential. What that means in practice.

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What Is Base64, and When Should You Actually Use It?

Base64 turns binary data into text that survives systems built for text. It is not compression and it is not encryption — here is what it is for.

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What Is a SHA-256 Hash, and What Is It Actually For?

Hashes fingerprint data: same input, same output, and no way back. Where that is useful, where it is misused, and how to check a downloaded file.

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Are UUIDs Really Unique?

How random a version-4 UUID is, what the collision odds genuinely look like, and the cases where a UUID is the wrong identifier.

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Unix Timestamps Explained: Seconds, Milliseconds and Time Zones

How epoch time works, how to tell seconds from milliseconds at a glance, and the handful of mistakes that cause almost every date bug.

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Commas and Quotes in CSV: Why Your File Breaks and How to Fix It

CSV looks trivial until a field contains a comma, a quotation mark or a line break. The rules that actually apply, and how to spot a broken parse.

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URL Encoding Explained: When to Escape and What Breaks

Why spaces become %20, when a plus sign means a space, and the one rule that prevents most broken links and injected parameters.

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HEX, RGB and HSL: Which Colour Format to Use and When

The three ways to write a colour on the web, what the numbers mean, and why HSL is the one to reach for when you need to adjust a shade by hand.

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Regular Expressions for Everyday Tasks

The dozen pieces of regex syntax that cover almost every real job, the traps that cost hours, and a discipline for testing patterns before you trust them.

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Fast, free and privacy-focused

Digital Utility Kit is built around small tools that do one job well. Where browser technology allows it, processing happens locally on your device. No account is required to use these tools.