uni2ascii ☆

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Description:
Bi-directional conversion between UTF-8 and various ASCII flavors

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 4.20@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 24, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: unicode ascii encoding conversion cli text-processing

Install: brew install uni2ascii

About:
uni2ascii is a command-line utility for converting Unicode text to various ASCII representations and vice versa. It supports multiple output formats including HTML entities, UTF-8 hex, and RFC 2396 URIs. This tool is essential for developers working with legacy systems or protocols that do not support full Unicode character sets.

Key Features:

Bi-directional conversion between UTF-8 and ASCII
Supports multiple formats (HTML, hex, URI, etc.)
Command-line interface for scripting and automation
Handles large files efficiently

Use Cases:

Converting Unicode text for legacy systems that only support ASCII
Generating HTML entity references for web development
Encoding file paths or URIs for RFC compliance

Alternatives:

iconv – General character set conversion tool, less focused on specific ASCII encoding formats
recode – Another charset conversion utility, but uni2ascii offers more specific ASCII flavor options

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Dec 24, 2025 9:47am	4.20	0	VERSION_BUMP	3bd7e9d6
Sep 16, 2025 1:24am		0	VERSION_BUMP	6454ec9e