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Show HN: String.is – an open-source, privacy-friendly online string toolkit

6 points by recurser 4y ago

recurser 4y ago
I'm wary of using closed-source online string formatters and converters, so I've been working on https://string.is/ https://string.is/ as a safe, open-source alternative. I had a couple of goals when building it: 1. It should be open-source. 2. It should not set any cookies. 3. It should have a strict Content Security Policy. 4. It should be opinionated about dependancies, and only use well-known, well-supported libraries. 5. It should try to detect the format of the input, and intelligently choose output options. The last point in particular I feel is an improvement on most existing services - paste in some text and it will try to auto-detect the format and convert it accordingly (although admittedly detection of some formats is a bit primitive currently). It's built with TypeScript + Next.js. In addition to the hosted version, the GitHub README has one-click install buttons for Vercel and Heroku, plus Docker images. Source: https://github.com/recurser/string-is https://github.com/recurser/string-is Demo: https://string.is/ https://string.is/ (click 'load an example' to get a random converter) More info: https://string.is/about https://string.is/about There are a couple of other tools in this space if you're interested in alternatives: - https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/ (online) - https://devutils.app/ by HN member trungdq88 (MacOS) - https://devtoys.app/ by HN member veler (Windows) - https://boop.okat.best/ (MacOS)
catchmeifyoucan 4y ago
This looks great. Better than the top google search results I use for this. Would be awesome if there was a string diff mode
- recurser 4y ago
  Great idea - I hadn't thought of diff. I'll have to have a think about how it might fit into the UI, since there's only one input box. Any ideas on what a good input flow might look like?
  - catchmeifyoucan 4y ago
    Well it does seem like you have different links. Maybe just a new dropdown option for diff that adds a second input box?
    - catchmeifyoucan 4y ago
      Looking at it again, string diff could probably just be a new mode. Since you already have the two input boxes on the left and right of them. Somehow reusing them to work as a diff? I'll make GH issue with a possible design

6 points by recurser 4y ago

I'm wary of using closed-source online string formatters and converters, so I've been working on https://string.is/ https://string.is/ as a safe, open-source alternative. I had a couple of goals when building it: 1. It should be open-source. 2. It should not set any cookies. 3. It should have a strict Content Security Policy. 4. It should be opinionated about dependancies, and only use well-known, well-supported libraries. 5. It should try to detect the format of the input, and intelligently choose output options. The last point in particular I feel is an improvement on most existing services - paste in some text and it will try to auto-detect the format and convert it accordingly (although admittedly detection of some formats is a bit primitive currently). It's built with TypeScript + Next.js. In addition to the hosted version, the GitHub README has one-click install buttons for Vercel and Heroku, plus Docker images. Source: https://github.com/recurser/string-is https://github.com/recurser/string-is Demo: https://string.is/ https://string.is/ (click 'load an example' to get a random converter) More info: https://string.is/about https://string.is/about There are a couple of other tools in this space if you're interested in alternatives: - https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/ (online) - https://devutils.app/ by HN member trungdq88 (MacOS) - https://devtoys.app/ by HN member veler (Windows) - https://boop.okat.best/ (MacOS)

catchmeifyoucan 4y ago

This looks great. Better than the top google search results I use for this. Would be awesome if there was a string diff mode

recurser 4y ago
Great idea - I hadn't thought of diff. I'll have to have a think about how it might fit into the UI, since there's only one input box. Any ideas on what a good input flow might look like?
- catchmeifyoucan 4y ago
  Well it does seem like you have different links. Maybe just a new dropdown option for diff that adds a second input box?
  - catchmeifyoucan 4y ago
    Looking at it again, string diff could probably just be a new mode. Since you already have the two input boxes on the left and right of them. Somehow reusing them to work as a diff? I'll make GH issue with a possible design