IT-Tools
A full set of highly useful tools we need in our daily job (Crypto, Conversion, Web, Images and Video, Development, Networking, Math, Measurements, Text and Data). Fine tools for any developer or basically any person working in IT. Self-host it on your home lab. My favorite app on my cluster.
A big set of tools needed in IT work.
IT-Tools listed per Category
Crypto Tools
Token Generator
Generate a random string with the chars you want, uppercase or lowercase letters, numbers and/or symbols.
Hash text
Hash a text string using the function you need : MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA224, SHA512, SHA384, SHA3 or RIPEMD160. Wikipedia
bcrypt
bcrypt is a password-hashing function based on the Blowfish cipher. Hash and compare text string using bcrypt. Wikipedia
UUID generator
A Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) is a 128-bit number used to identify information in computer systems. The term Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) is also used, mostly in Microsoft systems. The number of possible UUIDs is 16^32, which is 2^128 or about 3.4x10^38 (which is a plenty!). Wikipedia
ULID generator
Generate random Universally Unique Lexicographically Sortable Identifier (ULID).
Encrypt / decrypt text
Encrypt clear text and decrypt ciphertext using crypto algorithms (AES, TripleDES, Rabbit or RC4).
BIP39 passphrase generator
Generate a BIP39 passphrase from an existing or random mnemonic, or get the mnemonic from the passphrase.
HMAC generator
Computes a Hash-based Message Authentication Code (HMAC) using a secret key and your favorite hashing function.
RSA Key-pair generator
Generate a new random RSA private and public PEM certificate key pair.
RSA is not very secure for SSH, please use ed25519 instead. Link
Ed25519 key pair generator - Preview
Generate new random Ed25519 private and public keys (with or without passphrase). Link to the preview
Password strength analyzer
Discover the strength of your password with this client-side-only password strength analyzer and crack time estimation tool. Password entropy is a measurement of how unpredictable, and therefore unguessable, a password is.
PDF signature checker
Verify the signatures of a PDF file. A signed PDF file contains one or more signatures that may be used to determine whether the contents of the file have been altered since the file was signed.
Converters
Date-time converter
Convert date and time into different formats (JS locale date string, ISO 8601, ISO 9075, RFC 7231, Unix timestamp, Timestamp, UTC format, Mongo Object ID, Excel date/time).
Integer base converter
Convert a number between different bases (decimal, hexadecimal, binary, octal, base64, ...)
Roman numeral converter
Convert Roman numerals to numbers and convert numbers to Roman numerals.
Base64 string encoder/decoder
Simply encode and decode strings into their base64 representation.
Base64 file converter
Convert a string, file, or image into its base64 representation.
Color converter
Convert color between the different formats (hex, rgb, hsl, hwb, lch, cmyk and css- name)
Case converter
Transform the case of a string and choose between most different formats (Upper, lower, camel, capital, dot, header, no, param, pascal, path, sentence, snake and mocking -case)
Text to NATO alphabet
Your text to convert to NATO phonetic alphabet
Text to ASCII binary
Convert text to its ASCII binary representation and vice versa.
Text to Unicode
Parse and convert text to Unicode and vice versa
YAML to JSON converter
Simply convert YAML to JSON with this online live converter.
YAML to TOML
Parse and convert YAML to TOML.
JSON to YAML converter
Simply convert JSON to YAML with this online live converter.
JSON to TOML
Parse and convert JSON to TOML.
List converter
This tool can process column-based data and apply various changes (transpose, add prefix and suffix, reverse list, sort list, lowercase values, truncate values) to each row.
TOML to JSON
Parse and convert TOML to JSON.
TOML to YAML
Parse and convert TOML to YAML.
Web tools
Encode/decode URL-formatted strings
Encode text to URL-encoded format (also known as "percent-encoded"), or decode from it.
Escape HTML entities
Escape or unescape HTML entities (replace characters like <, >, &, " and \' with their HTML version)
URL parser
Parse a URL into its separate constituent parts (protocol, origin, params, port, username-password, ...)
Device information
Get information about your current device (screen size, pixel-ratio, user agent, ...)
Basic auth generator
Generate a base64 basic auth header from a username and password.
Open graph meta generator
Generate open-graph and socials HTML meta tags for your website.
OTP code generator
Generate and validate a time-based and one time password (OTP) for multifactor authentication.
MIME types
Convert MIME types to file extensions and vice versa.
JWT parser
Parse and decode your JSON Web Token (JWT) and display its content.
Key code info
Find the JavaScript key code, code, location and modifiers of any pressed key.
Slugify
Make a string URL, filename and ID safe.
HTML WYSIWYG editor
Online, feature-rich WYSIWYG HTML editor which generates the source code of the content immediately.
User-agent parser
Detect and parse Browser, Engine, OS, CPU, and Device type/model from a user-agent string.
HTTP status codes
The list of all HTTP status codes, their name, and their meaning.
JSON diff
Compare two JSON objects and get the differences between them.
Outlook Safe link decoder
Decode Outlook SafeLink links
Images & Video tools
QR Code
Generate and download a QR code for a URL (or just plain text), and customize the background and foreground colors.
Wi-Fi QR Code generator
Generate and download QR codes for quick connections to Wi-Fi networks.
SVG placeholder generator
Generate SVG-images to use as a placeholder in your applications.
Camera recorder
Take a picture or record a video from your webcam or camera.
Development tools
Git cheat sheet
Git is a decentralized version management software. With this cheat sheet, you will have quick access to the most common git commands.
Random port generator
Generate random port numbers outside the range of "known" ports (0-1023). Link
Crontab generator
Validate and generate crontab and get the human-readable description of the CRON schedule. Wikipedia
JSON prettify and format
Prettify your JSON string into a friendly, human-readable format.
JSON minify
Minify and compress your JSON by removing unnecessary whitespace.
JSON to CSV
Convert JSON to CSV with automatic header detection.
SQL prettify and format
Format and prettify your SQL queries online (it supports various SQL dialects).
chmod calculator
This online chmod calculator will help you determine your chmod permissions and commands.
Docker run to Docker compose converter
Transforms docker run commands into docker compose files.
XML formatter
Prettify your XML string into a friendly, human-readable format.
YAML prettify and format
Prettify your YAML string into a friendly, human-readable format.
Networking tools
IPv4 subnet calculator
Parse your IPv4 CIDR blocks and get all the info you need about your subnet.
IPv4 address converter
Convert an IP address into decimal, binary, hexadecimal, or even an IPv6 representation of it.
IPv4 range expander
Given a start and an end IPv4 address, this tool calculates a valid IPv4 subnet along with its CIDR notation.
MAC address lookup
Find the vendor and manufacturer of a device by its MAC address.
MAC address generator
Enter the quantity and prefix. MAC addresses will be generated in your chosen case (uppercase or lowercase)
IPv6 ULA generator
Generate your own local, non-routable IP addresses for your network according to RFC4193. This tool uses the first method suggested by IETF, using the current timestamp plus the mac address, sha1 hashed, and the lower 40 bits to generate your random Unique Local Address (ULA).
ULA on Wikipedia and IPv6 addresses on Wikipedia
Math
Math evaluator
A calculator for evaluating mathematical expressions. You can use functions like sqrt, cos, sin, abs, etc.
ETA calculator
An Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) calculator to determine the approximate end time of a task, for example, the end time and duration of a file download.
Percentage calculator
Easily calculate percentages from a value to another value, or from a percentage to a value.
Measurement
Chronometer
Monitor the duration of a thing. Basically, a chronometer with simple chronometer features.
Temperature converter
Degrees temperature conversions for Kelvin, Celsius, Fahrenheit, Rankine, Delisle, Newton, Réaumur, and Rømer.
Benchmark builder
Easily compare the execution time of tasks with this straightforward online benchmark builder.
Text tools
Lorem ipsum generator
Lorem ipsum is a placeholder text commonly used to demonstrate the visual form of a document or a typeface without relying on meaningful content
Text statistics
Get information about a text, the number of characters, the number of words, the number of lines and its size in bytes.
Emoji picker
Copy and paste emojis easily and get the Unicode and code points value of each emoji.
String obfuscation
Obfuscate a string (like a secret, an IBAN, or a token) to make it shareable and identifiable without revealing its content. Wikipedia
Text diff
Compare two texts and see the differences between them.
Numeronym
A numeronym is a word where a number is used to form an abbreviation. For example, "i18n" is a numeronym of "internationalization" where 18 stands for the number of letters between the first i and the last n in the word. Wikipedia
Art Text Generator
Create ASCII art text with many fonts and styles.
Data tools
Phone parser and formatter
Parse, validate and format phone numbers. Get information about the phone number, like the country code, type, etc.
IBAN validator and parser
Validate and parse IBAN-numbers. Check if an IBAN is valid and get the country, BBAN, if it is a QR-IBAN and the IBAN friendly format. Link
Install in Docker
Using Dockge, Portainer or Docker Compose
Using Docker Run
Docker Hub
docker run -d --name it-tools --restart unless-stopped -p 8080:80 corentinth/it-tools:latest
GitHub packages
docker run -d --name it-tools --restart unless-stopped -p 8080:80 ghcr.io/corentinth/it-tools:latest
WARNING Use of an auto-update app, with any Docker image, can:
- the latest flag could break it later
- the nightly flag probably breaks it sooner or later
Updating should be done after checking the documentation for changes.
References
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