Developer & data

TextForge

The offline workbench for everything you'd paste into an online tool — decode a JWT, chain transforms into a saved recipe, convert or hash anything — without a byte leaving your machine.

Windows desktop app (.exe) US$20 · one-time

TextForge is the private, local replacement for the dozen "online tools" developers reach for every day: decode a JWT, format JSON, convert Base64, diff two texts, hash a download, clean a messy list. The difference is that nothing ever leaves your machine — so you can safely decode a token, pretty-print a config full of secrets, or convert a customer CSV without handing it to a website that might log it. Paste into the two-pane Workbench, click a transform — or run a whole pipeline — and read the result instantly, with a live status bar tracking characters, words, lines, and bytes.

Build a recipe once and reuse it forever: chain transforms into a saved sequence — trim → deduplicate → sort → Base64 — and re-run it on any input with one click. Paste something and TextForge offers the likely next step ("looks like a JWT — Decode?"). Run a transform across an entire file, or stream-hash a binary. Test a regular expression live with a running match count and capture groups. Forty-plus transforms, reusable snippets, and saved recipes — all offline, in a single local file you fully control.

What it does

  • Pipelines / recipes — chain transforms into a saved sequence (trim → dedupe → sort → Base64) and re-run on any input with one click
  • Developer transforms — decode JWTs, convert Unix timestamps ↔ dates, switch numbers between decimal / hex / binary / octal, and diff two texts
  • Convert between JSON, YAML, XML, and CSV, and pretty-print, minify, or validate JSON with clear, located error messages
  • Auto-detect — paste anything and TextForge suggests the likely action (Base64, JWT, JSON, URL-encoding, timestamp) for one click
  • File mode — hash any file (works on binaries and multi-gigabyte files) or run a transform across a whole file, written straight to disk
  • Hashing & keys — MD5 / SHA-1 / SHA-256, keyed HMAC, a combined hash report, and random UUIDs
  • Live regex tester — the match count and the first match's capture groups update as you type, with graceful invalid-pattern reporting
  • Private by design — every transform runs offline with no accounts and no network, so secrets and customer data never touch a third-party site; snippets and recipes live in one local file you control
US$20 one-time payment · yours to keep forever · Windows desktop app (.exe)
  • 14-day refund if it doesn't work as described — Refund Policy
  • Instant download, delivered by email — re-download anytime from your receipt
  • No subscription, no account — works fully offline
  • No activation server — the app keeps working even if this website disappears
Works on
Windows 10 & 11 (64-bit)
Download
~102 MB · TextForge-win64.zip
Installs
On computers you personally own or control (EULA)
Updates
Free fixes and improvements for the version you buy — notices by email, never by the app phoning home

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Safe to download & install

A genuine, local-first desktop app — no telemetry, no account. Because we're a new independent maker, Windows may show a one-time SmartScreen prompt on first run; just click More info → Run anyway. Your download lists a SHA-256 checksum so you can verify it's authentic and untampered. How to install & verify →

SHA-256 · TextForge-win64.zip822ffa06858e271b1bf602942d77f6c61854bf3f67634b246f7ad4355931401b