diff --git a/archive/c/c/base64-encode-decode.c b/archive/c/c/base64-encode-decode.c
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+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+static const unsigned char base64_alphabet[65] =
+"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/";
+
+static unsigned char* base64_encode(const unsigned char* input, size_t length, size_t* output_length);
+static unsigned char* base64_decode(const unsigned char* input, size_t length, size_t* output_length);
+static int is_valid_base64(const char* string);
+static void show_usage(void);
+
+int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
+    if (argc != 3) {
+        show_usage();
+    }
+
+    const char* mode = argv[1];
+    const char* input_text = argv[2];
+
+    if (strcmp(mode, "encode") == 0) {
+        if (strlen(input_text) == 0) show_usage();
+
+        size_t input_length = strlen(input_text);
+        unsigned char* data = base64_encode((const unsigned char*)input_text, input_length, NULL);
+        if (!data) {
+            show_usage();
+        }
+
+        printf("%s\n", data);
+        free(data);
+    }
+    else if (strcmp(mode, "decode") == 0) {
+        if (strlen(input_text) == 0 || !is_valid_base64(input_text)) {
+            show_usage();
+        }
+
+        size_t input_length = strlen(input_text);
+        size_t decoded_length;
+        unsigned char* data = base64_decode((const unsigned char*)input_text, input_length, &decoded_length);
+        if (!data || decoded_length == 0) {
+            show_usage();
+        }
+
+        fwrite(data, 1, decoded_length, stdout);
+        fflush(stdout);
+        free(data);
+    }
+    else {
+        show_usage();
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static void show_usage(void) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Usage: please provide a mode and a string to encode/decode\n");
+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+}
+
+static int is_valid_base64(const char* str) {
+    if (!str) return 0;
+
+    size_t length = strlen(str);
+
+    // Base64 strings must have length multiple of 4
+    if (length == 0 || length % 4 != 0) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    // Each character must be alphanumeric, '+' or '/', or '=' for padding
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+        unsigned char c = (unsigned char)str[i];
+        if (!isalnum(c) && c != '+' && c != '/' && c != '=') {
+            return 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Padding '=' only allowed at the end (max two)
+    size_t padding_count = 0;
+    if (length >= 1 && str[length - 1] == '=') {
+        padding_count++;
+    }
+    if (length >= 2 && str[length - 2] == '=') {
+        padding_count++;
+    }
+    // '=' should not appear before the padding section
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < length - padding_count; i++) {
+        if (str[i] == '=') {
+            return 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return 1;
+}
+
+static unsigned char* base64_encode(const unsigned char* input, size_t length, size_t* output_length) {
+    if (!input) return NULL;
+
+    // 4 chars for every 3 bytes, rounded up
+    size_t encoded_length = 4 * ((length + 2) / 3);
+    unsigned char* data = malloc(encoded_length + 1);  // +1 for NUL terminator
+    if (!data) return NULL;
+
+    size_t input_index = 0, encoded_index = 0;
+    while (input_index < length) {
+        uint32_t buffer = 0;
+        int remaining = (int)(length - input_index);
+
+        // Pack up to 3 bytes into 24 bits buffer
+        buffer |= ((uint32_t)input[input_index++]) << 16;
+        if (remaining > 1) {
+            buffer |= ((uint32_t)input[input_index++]) << 8;
+        }
+        if (remaining > 2) {
+            buffer |= (uint32_t)input[input_index++];
+        }
+
+        // Extract 6-bit groups and map to Base64 chars
+        data[encoded_index++] = base64_alphabet[(buffer >> 18) & 0x3F];
+        data[encoded_index++] = base64_alphabet[(buffer >> 12) & 0x3F];
+        data[encoded_index++] = (remaining > 1) ? base64_alphabet[(buffer >> 6) & 0x3F] : '=';
+        data[encoded_index++] = (remaining > 2) ? base64_alphabet[buffer & 0x3F] : '=';
+    }
+
+    data[encoded_index] = '\0';  // Null-terminate output string
+
+    if (output_length) {
+        *output_length = encoded_index;
+    }
+    return data;
+}
+
+static unsigned char* base64_decode(const unsigned char* input, size_t length, size_t* output_length) {
+    if (!input) return NULL;
+
+    unsigned char decoding_table[256];
+    memset(decoding_table, 0x80, 256);  // 0x80 marks invalid chars
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < 64; i++) {
+        decoding_table[base64_alphabet[i]] = (unsigned char)i;
+    }
+    decoding_table['='] = 0;
+
+    // Count valid base64 characters (ignore whitespace or invalid chars)
+    size_t valid_char_count = 0;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+        if (decoding_table[input[i]] != 0x80) {
+            valid_char_count++;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (valid_char_count == 0 || valid_char_count % 4 != 0) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    size_t decoded_length = valid_char_count / 4 * 3;
+    unsigned char* data = malloc(decoded_length);
+    if (!data) return NULL;
+
+    size_t input_index = 0, decoded_index = 0;
+    unsigned char block[4];
+    int padding_count = 0;
+    size_t block_char_count = 0;
+
+    while (input_index < length) {
+        unsigned char val = decoding_table[input[input_index++]];
+        if (val == 0x80) {
+            continue;  // skip invalid chars (including whitespace)
+        }
+
+        if (input[input_index - 1] == '=') {
+            padding_count++;
+        }
+        block[block_char_count++] = val;
+
+        if (block_char_count == 4) {
+            data[decoded_index++] = (block[0] << 2) | (block[1] >> 4);
+            data[decoded_index++] = (block[1] << 4) | (block[2] >> 2);
+            data[decoded_index++] = (block[2] << 6) | block[3];
+            block_char_count = 0;
+
+            if (padding_count) {
+                if (padding_count == 1) {
+                    decoded_index--;
+                }
+                else if (padding_count == 2) {
+                    decoded_index -= 2;
+                }
+                else {
+                    free(data);
+                    return NULL;  // invalid padding length
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (output_length) {
+        *output_length = decoded_index;
+    }
+    return data;
+}