Unicode Decode lets you inspect any text character by character: see each character’s name, general category, digit value, bidirectional class, and code point. You can check which Unicode normalization forms (NFC, NFKC, NFD, NFKD) your string is already in, and open detailed codepoint pages for every character. Useful for debugging text, learning Unicode, and verifying normalization.
- Decode — Paste text and click "Examine" to get a table of every character with: Character, Name, Category, Digit, Direction, Integer, Code Point. Character names link to codepoint detail pages.
- Normalization — Reports which of NFC, NFKC, NFD, and NFKD the input is already in.
- Codepoint pages — Detail view per character: name, category, digit, direction, decomposition, aliases, East Asian width, and upper/lower forms.
- Tofu — Informational page about missing glyphs.
- Other pages — About, Privacy, Terms.
- Backend: Django (3.0–5.0), Python 3.
- Frontend: Materialize CSS (
decode/static/css/,decode/static/js/). - Data: Python standard library
unicodedata, plus app utilities anddecode/files/NameAliases.txtfor character names and aliases.
Prerequisites: Python 3, pip.
Setup: From the project root (the directory that contains manage.py and requirements.txt):
Note
These will be added to the repo at a different date.
- Create and activate a virtual environment.
- Run
pip install -r requirements.txt. - Run migrations if the project uses a database:
python manage.py migrate.
Run: From the project root, run python manage.py runserver and open the URL shown (e.g. http://127.0.0.1:8000/).
| Path | Description |
|---|---|
/ |
Decode: form and results table |
/about |
About |
/codepoint/<slug> |
Codepoint detail (e.g. 0041 for 'A') |
/tofu |
Tofu (missing glyphs) |
/terms |
Terms and Conditions |
/privacy |
Privacy Policy |
- Project root:
manage.py,requirements.txt,ud/(Django settings and root URLs),decode/(app). - App (
decode/):views.py,forms.py,urls.py,unicode_util.py,mappings.py,templates/decode/,static/,files/NameAliases.txt.
Tests are in decode/tests.py. From the project root run:
pytest, orpython manage.py test
The project uses pytest and pytest-django (see requirements.txt).
- Cynthia McDonald for providing Frontend support and logo design.