# Beste UI

> Beautiful, accessible blocks, pieces and components for shadcn/ui and Tailwind CSS, built for React and Next.js. Install one with the shadcn CLI and the code is yours to edit: no runtime dependency, nothing to upgrade.

Markdown rendition of https://ui.beste.co/tools/unicode-inspector. Every page on the site has one: add `.md` to any address, or send `Accept: text/markdown`.

Whole catalog for LLMs: https://ui.beste.co/llms.txt. Registry index: https://ui.beste.co/r/registry.json

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# Unicode inspector

Break text into characters and read each one's code points, byte length and escapes, with the invisible characters called out.

Text1

Beste UI​ ships blocks you own! 👋🏽

1 invisible character: zero-width space. These survive a copy and paste and are why a string comparison fails on two things that look identical.

B1B

U+0042

e1B

U+0065

s1B

U+0073

t1B

U+0074

e1B

U+0065

1B

U+0020

U1B

U+0055

I1B

U+0049

␣3B

U+200B

zero-width space

1B

U+0020

s1B

U+0073

h1B

U+0068

i1B

U+0069

p1B

U+0070

s1B

U+0073

1B

U+0020

b1B

U+0062

l1B

U+006C

o1B

U+006F

c1B

U+0063

k1B

U+006B

s1B

U+0073

1B

U+0020

y1B

U+0079

o1B

U+006F

u1B

U+0075

1B

U+0020

o1B

U+006F

w1B

U+0077

n1B

U+006E

!1B

U+0021

1B

U+0020

👋🏽8B

U+1F44B U+1F3FD

escaped.txt

Beste UI\u200B ships blocks you own! \uD83D\uDC4B\uD83C\uDFFD

## Questions

Why does my string comparison fail on two identical-looking values?+

Usually an invisible character: a zero-width space, a no-break space or a byte order mark from a copy and paste. They are highlighted here, which is normally the whole reason to open this page.

Why is an emoji one row and several code points?+

Because a reader sees one character and the string holds several. A flag or an emoji with a skin tone is a grapheme cluster; the segmentation here follows what a person would count.

What is the escaped output for?+

Pasting into source safely. Anything outside printable ASCII is written as a \\u escape, which survives a file with the wrong encoding and makes an invisible character visible in review.

## Related tools

[Base64 encoder and decoderEncode text to base64 or decode it back, with UTF-8 handled correctly and a URL-safe variant for tokens and query strings.](/tools/base64)[Find and replaceReplace across a whole block of text, literally or by regular expression, with the capture groups available in the replacement.](/tools/find-replace)[Case converterTurn any text into every case at once, with the words found properly so XMLHttpRequest and user\_id both come out right.](/tools/case-converter)

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## The tools are free. So is most of the library.

1935 blocks and 989 pieces for shadcn/ui and Tailwind, built on the same tokens these tools write. Install one with a command and the code is yours.

[Browse the blocksBrowse the blocks](/blocks)

No signup for the tools. MIT for free blocks, commercial licence for Pro.

## Ship the interface, keep the code.

New blocks, pieces and components every week. Install one with a command and it is yours to edit. No runtime dependency, no upgrade path to fight.

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