al477lite 0.1.0

AL-477 Lite educational encoder/decoder library

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# AL-477 Lite

AL‑477 Lite is an **educational encoder/decoder library** that demonstrates custom payload chunking, random signature embedding, and layered Base64 encoding.  
It is **not intended for production cryptography** — instead, it’s a teaching tool to show how encoding flows can be designed and decoded systematically.

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## 🚀 Features
- Random signature generated on every encode.
- Signature embedded directly into the encoded string.
- Entire payload + recipe + signature re‑encoded in Base64.
- Automatic extraction of payload, recipe, and signature during decode.
- Simple API: `encode_payload()` and `decode_payload()`.
- Demo runner (`main.py`) for interactive use.

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## 📦 Installation

### From PyPI
```bash
pip install al477lite

From Source

git clone https://github.com/lahaanshuman-tech/al477lite.git
cd al477lite
python setup.py install

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🧩 Usage

Encode

import al477lite

encoded = al477lite.encode_payload("hello al-477")
print(encoded)

Decode

import al477lite

decoded_payload, recipe, signature = al477lite.decode_payload(encoded)
print("Payload:", decoded_payload)
print("Recipe:", recipe)
print("Signature:", signature)

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🎮 Demo Script

You can also run the interactive demo:

python main.py

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⚠️ Disclaimer

AL‑477 Lite is educational only.
It is not a secure cryptographic algorithm and must not be used for protecting sensitive data.
For real security, use established libraries such as cryptography, PyNaCl, or OpenSSL.

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📂 Project Structure

al477lite/
  ├── __init__.py        # exposes encode/decode
  ├── al477_encoder.py   # encoder logic
  ├── al477_decoder.py   # decoder logic
  └── main.py            # demo runner
setup.py
README.md

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🤝 Contributing

• Lite version is open source — contributions welcome!
• STD and PRO versions are closed and distributed privately (Dropbox).
• Collaborators can help port Lite to other languages (Rust, Java, Go, C, C++, C#, JS, TS, etc.).
• Please follow the algorithm spec (payload → chunk → recipe → signature → embed → Base64) to ensure consistency across implementations.
• Submit pull requests for Lite only. STD/PRO remain proprietary.

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📜 License

All Rights Reserved
You may install and use this library via PyPI or GitHub, but redistribution or modification of the source code is not permitted without explicit permission.