Codes, ciphers and old alphabets

Alaam means "signs" and "flags" in Arabic. These free tools turn text into signs and back: Egyptian hieroglyphs and runes, classic ciphers, letters to numbers and binary, semaphore and nautical flags. They run in your browser, so what you type stays on your device.

Ancient Scripts

Write your name in hieroglyphs, runes and other old alphabets

Hieroglyphics Translator

Write a name from English, Arabic and 5 more languages in Egyptian hieroglyphs, in a cartouche, and save it as an image.

Rune Translator

Write English in Elder Futhark, Viking (Younger Futhark) or Anglo-Saxon runes, copy them or save an image.

Ciphers

Encode and decode classic ciphers

Pigpen Cipher

Write and decode the pigpen (masonic) cipher, see the key, and save your message as an image.

Caesar Cipher Solver

Encode or decode a Caesar shift, crack it without the key, and turn the cipher wheel.

Atbash Cipher

Encode and decode the Atbash cipher, where A swaps with Z, B with Y, and so on.

Codes & Numbers

Turn letters into numbers and numbers into binary

Letters to Numbers

Convert letters to numbers (A1Z26) and numbers to letters, or letters to phone keypad digits.

Decimal to Binary Converter

Convert decimal to binary, hex and octal with every division step shown, or binary back to decimal.

Signals & Flags

Semaphore and signal flags

Semaphore Flags

See any word in flag semaphore, learn the semaphore alphabet, and save the signals as an image.

Nautical Flags

Spell words with the nautical flag alphabet, see what each signal flag means, and save the flags as an image.