encoding_rs
A Rust implementation of the Encoding Standard for decoding and encoding Web-compatible character encodings, used in Firefox.
What is encoding_rs?
encoding_rs is a Rust library that implements the Encoding Standard, providing robust decoding and encoding of Web-compatible character encodings. It solves the problem of handling legacy text encodings in modern applications, particularly for web browsers like Firefox, by converting between encodings like Shift_JIS, GBK, and UTF-8/UTF-16.
Developers working on web browsers, text processing tools, or applications that need to handle multilingual text data with legacy encodings, especially those integrating with Gecko or requiring no_std support.
It offers a standards-compliant, performant implementation with optional SIMD acceleration, designed for real-world web use cases, and is battle-tested in Firefox. Unlike generic text libraries, it focuses specifically on the Encoding Standard's requirements.
Overview
A Gecko-oriented implementation of the Encoding Standard in Rust
Use Cases
Best For
- Decoding web content from legacy encodings to UTF-8 or UTF-16
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