About ROT13

ROT13 (rotate by 13 places) is a simple letter substitution cipher that replaces each letter with the letter 13 positions after it in the alphabet. Key features:

  • A ↔ N, B ↔ O, C ↔ P, etc.
  • Case-preserving (uppercase stays uppercase)
  • Numbers and symbols remain unchanged
  • Symmetric: encoding and decoding use the same operation
  • Not secure - used for obfuscation, not encryption

Example: "Hello World" → "Uryyb Jbeyq"