SSL Certificate Decoder

Decode and inspect SSL/TLS certificates

What is SSL Certificate Decoder?

SSL Certificate Decoder parses PEM-encoded X.509 certificates and displays all fields in a readable format — subject, issuer, validity dates, SANs, key usage, and fingerprints. Essential for debugging HTTPS issues and verifying certificate details.

How to use

  1. Paste a PEM-encoded certificate (the text between -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- and -----END CERTIFICATE-----).
  2. View the decoded fields: subject, issuer, serial number, validity period, SANs, and key details.
  3. Check expiration status and copy individual fields or the full decoded output.

Result

A DevOps engineer receives a new wildcard certificate for *.example.com. They paste the PEM here to verify the SANs include all expected domains, confirm the expiry date is 1 year out, and check the signature algorithm is SHA-256.

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