Developer Tools
6 free tools · 100% client-side
Essential developer tools that run entirely in your browser: decode JWTs, test regular expressions, generate UUIDs and hashes, and build cron expressions.
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Most-used Developer Tools
JWT Decoder
Paste a token, read it like a human: decoded header and payload, annotated claims with local timestamps, expiry at a glance — plus optional signature verification.
Regex Tester
Type a pattern, watch matches light up in your text — with named capture groups, a replace preview, and flag toggles that behave exactly like JavaScript's RegExp.
Cron Expression Generator
Five dropdowns in, plain English out — with the next ten run times in your local timezone so you ship the schedule you actually meant.
All 6 Developer Tools
JWT Decoder
Paste a token, read it like a human: decoded header and payload, annotated claims with local timestamps, expiry at a glance — plus optional signature verification.
Regex Tester
Type a pattern, watch matches light up in your text — with named capture groups, a replace preview, and flag toggles that behave exactly like JavaScript's RegExp.
UUID Generator
Random v4 or sortable, time-ordered v7 — generated in bulk with your browser's secure random source, formatted exactly how your codebase wants them.
Hash Generator
Every common digest at once — type text or drop a file and read MD5 through SHA-512 side by side, with HMAC mode and one-paste checksum verification.
Cron Expression Generator
Five dropdowns in, plain English out — with the next ten run times in your local timezone so you ship the schedule you actually meant.
SHA-256 Hash Generator
Just SHA-256, done properly: hex or Base64 output, HMAC-SHA256 for webhook signatures, and file checksums — nothing leaves your browser.
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The daily-driver utilities, done properly
These are the tools developers reach for between editor and terminal: the JWT Decoder reads tokens with claims labeled, timestamps humanized, and real HS256/RS256 signature verification via WebCrypto; the Regex Tester highlights matches live with named capture groups and a replace preview; the UUID Generator does crypto-secure v4 and time-ordered RFC 9562 v7 in bulk; the Hash Generator computes MD5 through SHA-512 plus HMACs for text and files with checksum comparison — or if you already know you need SHA-256 specifically, the SHA-256 Hash Generator gives you just that, in hex or Base64; and the Cron Expression Generator translates schedules to plain English with the next ten run times in your timezone.
The common thread is privacy with capability: tokens, secrets, patterns and files are exactly the data you shouldn't paste into a random server-backed site. Everything here computes locally — verify a production JWT's signature, hash a confidential file, or test a regex against real log lines with nothing transmitted.
Built for the debugging moment
Each tool is shaped around the situation that brings you to it. A 401 at 2 AM: paste the bearer token, see "expired 3 hours ago" without converting epoch seconds by hand — or hand a raw timestamp to the Epoch Converter directly. A regex that works in Python but not JavaScript: the tester shows the engine's actual matches and the exact parse error. A cron job firing at the wrong hour: the next-runs preview exposes the UTC-versus-local mistake instantly, and the schedules people search for by name each have a worked page — every 5 minutes, every 15 minutes, every hour, every day at midnight, every weekday at 9 AM, the first day of the month, every Sunday at midnight and every night at 2 AM — with the full list of 30 on the generator page. Two config files that should match but don't: the Text Diff checker lines them up and highlights exactly what changed. Sample data on every page means you can learn a tool before you need it under pressure.
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Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know about the Developer Tools.
01Can I safely paste real production tokens and secrets here?
Yes — that's the design constraint these tools were built around. Decoding, verification, hashing and matching run in your browser via JavaScript and WebCrypto; nothing is transmitted, stored, or logged. Disconnect after loading and everything still works.
02Which UUID version should my app use?
v4 for unguessable identifiers (tokens, public IDs); v7 for database primary keys, where its time-ordered prefix keeps B-tree indexes compact — our generator implements RFC 9562 including the same-millisecond monotonic counter, so even bulk batches sort correctly.
03Does the regex tester behave exactly like my code will?
Yes for JavaScript — patterns run on the browser's native RegExp engine with the exact flags you toggle, so behavior here is behavior in Node or the browser. Patterns from PCRE/Python mostly transfer, and the tester's error messages flag the dialect differences that don't.
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Guides for developer tools
FreeFormatter Alternatives (2026): Where Its Tools Went
FreeFormatter.com has been retired and its tool pages now return 404. A verified map of where each formatter, validator, escaper and encoder moved.
6 min readGuide · Developer ToolsSHA-256 vs MD5 vs HMAC: How Hashing Works and Which One to Use
What a cryptographic hash guarantees, why MD5 and SHA-1 are broken but fine for checksums, how HMAC differs from a hash, and why passwords need Argon2.
6 min readReference · Developer ToolsRegular Expressions Explained: A Practical Cheat Sheet With Tested Examples
A practical regex cheat sheet: metacharacters, quantifiers, groups, lookarounds and JavaScript flags, with tested patterns for emails, dates and slugs.
7 min readGuide · Developer ToolsUUID v4 vs UUID v7: Which Should You Use for Database Keys?
UUID v4 and v7 compared: why random v4 keys fragment B-tree indexes, how v7's timestamp fixes it, the collision math, and how to generate and store both.
7 min readGuide · Developer ToolsCron Expression Syntax Explained: Fields, Special Characters and Real Schedules
Cron syntax field by field: ranges, the * , - / characters, the day-of-month OR day-of-week rule, DST pitfalls, and Quartz's six-field variant.
6 min readGuide · Web & APIsWhat is Base64? Encoding Explained Without the Mystique
How Base64 works: 3 bytes become 4 characters, why the = padding exists, where it's used (JWT, data URIs, K8s secrets) — and why it's NOT encryption.
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