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Small chores come up constantly in web work: decoding a timestamp from a log, turning a design's HEX color into RGB, reading the parameters in a long URL or checking what a cron schedule actually means. These tools handle each one in a single step.

The timestamp tools show UTC, local time, ISO 8601 and Unix seconds and milliseconds. The color tools convert between HEX and RGB. The query string tools turn a URL query into JSON and back, and the cron tools describe a five-field schedule in plain English.

Which web tools tool do you need?

  • A log or API gives you a number like 1700000000: Timestamp Converter. Convert it to a date, or read the Unix timestamp explainer for seconds versus milliseconds.
  • A color code needs a different format: Color Converter. Convert HEX and RGB, or use the dedicated HEX to RGB and RGB to HEX pages.
  • A URL has a long list of parameters: Query String Parser. Parse it into JSON, or build a query string from JSON with the generator.
  • A schedule must run at the right time: Cron Expression Parser. Read a cron expression in plain English before you deploy it.

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onlinedevelopertool.com is a collection of 54 free, browser-based utilities for the small jobs that interrupt real work: formatting a JSON response, decoding a token, converting a timestamp, generating a UUID or checking a hash. Each tool has its own page with a short explanation, a worked example and answers to common questions, so you can use it and learn what it does at the same time.

There is no account to create and nothing to install. Tools run in your browser, so the text you paste is processed on your own device. The one exception is the Website Status Checker, which sends a request from your browser to the address you enter.

Three steps: paste your input, click the tool, copy the result, all inside your browser
Popular developer utilities: JWT decoder, UUID generator, Base64 decoder, SHA-256 hash, regex tester and timestamp converter

What you can do here

  • JSON Tools

    Format, validate, beautify and minify JSON, generate C#, TypeScript, Java, Python, Go, PHP and Kotlin models from it, or convert between JSON, YAML and CSV.

  • Encoders & Decoders

    URL, Base64 and HTML encoding and decoding, plus a JWT decoder for reading token claims.

  • Generators & Hashes

    Generate UUIDs and JWTs, validate UUIDs, and create MD5, SHA-256 and SHA-512 hashes.

  • Web Tools

    Timestamps, color codes, query strings and cron expressions - the small things web work keeps throwing at you.

  • Text & Data

    Format XML and YAML, count text, change case, make slugs, test regex, diff two texts and convert number bases.

  • Website Checking

    Check whether a website or URL is reachable from your browser.

Quick developer reference

  • JSON

    Keys and strings must use double quotes, and trailing commas and comments are not allowed. Those are the three most common reasons a payload fails to parse.

    Validate JSON
  • JWT

    A JSON Web Token is three Base64URL parts joined by dots: header, payload and signature. Decoding shows the claims but does not prove the token is genuine; only signature verification does.

    Decode a JWT
  • Base64

    Base64 is an encoding, not encryption. Anyone can reverse it, and it makes data roughly one third larger, so never use it to hide secrets.

    Decode Base64
  • UUID

    A version 4 UUID is made of random bits and written as 8-4-4-4-12 hexadecimal characters. Collisions are astronomically unlikely, which is why they work well as identifiers.

    Generate a UUID
  • Timestamps

    A Unix timestamp counts time since 1 January 1970 UTC. Ten digits usually means seconds and thirteen digits usually means milliseconds.

    Convert a timestamp
  • Hashes

    MD5 is fine for quick checksums but is not safe for security. Prefer SHA-256 or SHA-512, and remember that hashing is one-way and is not encryption.

    Create a SHA-256 hash

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