base-x 0.3.0

Encode/decode any base
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base-x

This is a Rust fork of https://github.com/cryptocoinjs/base-x

WARNING: This module is NOT RFC3548 compliant, it cannot be used for base16 (hex), base32, or base64 encoding in a standards compliant manner.

And this my very first Rust project: please review the source code!

Installation

Add this to Cargo.toml file:

[dependencies]
base-x = "0.3.0"

Usage

extern crate base_x;

fn main() {
    let decoded = base_x::decode("01", "11111111000000001111111100000000").unwrap();
    let encoded = base_x::encode("01", &decoded);
    assert_eq!(encoded, "11111111000000001111111100000000");
}

Changelog

  • 0.3.0 (2026-08-21)

    • Added validation for alphabets: they must contain at least two unique characters, and byte-slice alphabets must be ASCII.
    • Updated the crate to Rust 2024 and refreshed development dependencies.
    • Replaced the json development dependency with serde_json.

  • 0.2.11 (2022-06-24)

    Reduced the scope of unsafe code when converting internal integers to bytes.

  • 0.2.10 (2022-04-23)

    Updated development dependencies and fixed compiler warnings.

  • 0.2.8 (2020-11-08)

    Fixed the std feature configuration used by no_std builds.

  • 0.2.7 (2020-11-03)

    Added no_std support; the std feature remains enabled by default.

  • 0.2.5 (2019-05-30)

    Refactored encoding and decoding, fixed Clippy warnings, and added proper ASCII validation for byte-slice alphabets.

  • 0.2.4 (2019-01-01)

    Updated package metadata.

  • 0.2.3 (2018-08-24)

    Released the optimized internal big-integer implementation and UTF-8 alphabet support.

  • 0.2.0

    Breaking change: alphabet has to be provided as an array of bytes instead of a string.

  • 0.1.0

    initial version

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