Building an Open-Source Payload Obfuscator with React & Vite

As developers, we often build tools to automate our pain points. Lately, I've been diving deep into offensive security and Red Teaming. One of the biggest headaches during security testing? Getting your perfectly legitimate testing payloads flagged and blocked by static analysis engines (AVs/EDRs) before they even run. Manually obfuscating code—swapping variable names, encoding strings, and injecting dead loops—is incredibly tedious. I wanted a visual, instant way to test different evasion layers on common payloads. Since I couldn't find a lightweight, browser-based tool that gave me the feedback I needed, I decided to build one. Meet the Payload Obfuscator. (Note: Replace the image link above if you want to upload screenshot.png directly using the DEV.to editor button) 🛠️ The Tech Stack I wanted this tool to be fast, responsive, and completely client-side (sending sensitive payload data to a random server is a massive red flag in infosec). Framework: React 18 + Vite. The hot module r