The latest articles on Forem by Nova’s Nostalgia & Tech (@nostalgia_nova). https://forem.com/nostalgia_nova https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3773384%2F62f4e9e9-c545-4ba8-8e61-23daba111539.jpg https://forem.com/nostalgia_nova en Nova’s Nostalgia & Tech Sun, 15 Feb 2026 02:00:05 +0000 https://forem.com/nostalgia_nova/i-built-a-better-image-to-base64-converter-in-a-weekend-1jgk https://forem.com/nostalgia_nova/i-built-a-better-image-to-base64-converter-in-a-weekend-1jgk <p>Every time I needed to convert an image to Base64, I'd Google it, find some random tool, and hope it wasn't stealing my files.</p> <p>Not anymore.</p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p><a href="https://img64.dev" rel="noopener noreferrer">Image to Base64 Converter</a> - a tool that does one thing well.</p> <h2> Why It's Different </h2> <p><strong>Privacy</strong>: Nothing uploads. Everything runs in your browser. Works offline.</p> <p><strong>Formats</strong>: One image, five output options:</p> <ul> <li>Data URI (ready for HTML/CSS)</li> <li>Plain Base64 (for APIs)</li> <li>CSS background-image</li> <li>HTML img tag</li> <li>JSON object</li> </ul> <p><strong>UX</strong>: Drag, drop, paste, done. Multiple images at once. Dark mode.</p> <h2> The Stack </h2> <ul> <li>Next.js 14</li> <li>Tailwind CSS </li> <li>Zero backend needed</li> </ul> <h2> Try It </h2> <p>👉 <a href="https://img64.dev" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://img64.dev</a></p> <p>Open source: <a href="https://github.com/nutshot2000/-Image-to-Base64-Converter" rel="noopener noreferrer">GitHub</a></p> javascript tooling webdev nextjs