UTF-8 Playground is a web-based tool designed to help developers and enthusiasts explore and experiment with UTF-8 encoding. It provides an interactive interface to visualize and understand how a character is encoded in UTF-8.
Try it online: utf8-playground.netlify.app
Read my detailed blog post that explores the brilliant design of UTF-8 encoding that represents millions of characters while maintaining backward compatibility with ASCII: UTF-8 is a brilliant design
- Visualize bit-level representation of UTF-8 encoded characters.
- User-friendly interface for quick experimentation.
- A mini documentation on UTF-8 encoding.
Character names are sourced directly from the latest UnicodeData.txt file, published by the Unicode Consortium.
Contributions are welcome! Please fork the repository and submit a pull request with your changes. Ensure your code follows the project's coding standards.
Copyright (c) 2025 The UTF-8 Playground Contributors
This software is published under MIT License. See LICENSE.txt for more details