diff --git a/archive/g/go/base64-encode-decode.go b/archive/g/go/base64-encode-decode.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f1ae51d5
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+++ b/archive/g/go/base64-encode-decode.go
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+)
+
+func die() {
+	fmt.Println("Usage: please provide a mode and a string to encode/decode")
+	os.Exit(1)
+}
+
+func main() {
+	if len(os.Args) < 3 {
+		die()
+	}
+
+	enc := base64.StdEncoding
+
+	if len(os.Args[2]) == 0 {
+		die()
+	}
+
+	switch os.Args[1] {
+	case "encode":
+		fmt.Println(enc.EncodeToString([]byte(os.Args[2])))
+		return
+	case "decode":
+		s, err := enc.DecodeString(os.Args[2])
+		if err != nil {
+			die()
+		}
+
+		fmt.Println(string(s))
+	default:
+		die()
+	}
+}