ISO 8583 Parser

The offline edition

The same tools, as self-contained HTML files that run from your disk. For the messages you are not allowed to paste into a website.

Why this exists

The free tools on this site already parse everything in your browser β€” nothing is uploaded. That is true, and it is also beside the point, because you cannot prove it to your security team from inside a browser tab.

So what actually happens is this: you sanitise a message, or retype one from a screenshot, or work with a sample that is close enough. The real one β€” the one with the PAN, the track data, the cryptogram, the one you are actually debugging at 2 a.m. β€” gets read by counting bytes by hand.

The offline edition removes the argument. The files sit on your disk. They contact nothing. You can disconnect the machine and they still work.

What you get

How it differs from the free site

 Free siteOffline edition
ParsingIn your browserIn your browser
Runs without a networkNoYes
Ads and analyticsYesNone
Works inside a locked-down networkUsually blockedYes
Articles and reference tablesYesLinked back to the site

If you only ever work with test data, the free site is the same tool and costs nothing. This edition is for when that stops being enough.

Get it

US$39, one purchase, one person, as many machines as you use.

Buy β€” US$39 β†’

This is a fixed build, not a subscription: you get the files listed above, not everything added to the site later. The newer EMV bit-string decoders (AIP, TSI, CID, ATC, IAD, CVM List) are free on the site and are not in this build.

Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or WeChat Pay. No account to create; you enter an email at checkout so the receipt reaches you. The download link appears the moment payment clears and keeps working for 7 days, on any machine, for up to four downloads. Any sales tax that applies where you are is added at checkout. Buying on a company card? Checkout has an Add business information step for your company name and tax/VAT number. Waffo.com Limited is the merchant of record for the sale and is the party that collects and remits that tax. Team licences: chenshiwei509@gmail.com

A note on what this is not: a browser tab is not a vault. This edition removes the network from the equation; the usual rules about the machine you handle live cardholder data on still apply.

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