Binary Translator
Translate text to binary and binary back to text, byte by byte.
Runs entirely in your browser.
Your data never leaves this device and is never sent to our servers.
Result
Every character your computer stores is ultimately a number, and every number is ultimately bits. This translator makes that concrete: type a word and see the exact bytes, or paste bytes and recover the word.
How to use it
- Enter text, or a string of 8-bit binary groups.
- Choose the direction.
- Copy the result.
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Frequently asked questions
Why must binary come in groups of eight?
One byte is eight bits, and each byte maps to one character. An incomplete group cannot be decoded.
Does it handle emoji and accents?
Yes. Text is encoded as UTF-8 first, so a character outside ASCII simply becomes more than one byte.