diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9b3b814..27ba4c8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,5 +43,8 @@
     "buffer validation",
     "utility",
     "data processing"
-  ]
+  ],
+  "dependencies": {
+    "uint8array-extras": "^1.1.0"
+  }
 }
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diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 093a3e4..a38c058 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ settings:
   autoInstallPeers: true
   excludeLinksFromLockfile: false
 
+dependencies:
+  uint8array-extras:
+    specifier: ^1.1.0
+    version: 1.1.0
+
 devDependencies:
   '@git.zone/tsbuild':
     specifier: ^2.1.25
@@ -5359,6 +5364,11 @@ packages:
     hasBin: true
     dev: true
 
+  /uint8array-extras@1.1.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-CVaBSyOmGoFHu+zOVPbetXEXykOd8KHVBHLlqvmaMWpwcq3rewj18xVNbU5uzf48hclnNQhfNaNany2cMHFK/g==}
+    engines: {node: '>=18'}
+    dev: false
+
   /unbox-primitive@1.0.2:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-61pPlCD9h51VoreyJ0BReideM3MDKMKnh6+V9L08331ipq6Q8OFXZYiqP6n/tbHx4s5I9uRhcye6BrbkizkBDw==}
     dependencies:
diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 54b1a3b..29055b7 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@push.rocks/smartbuffer',
-  version: '1.0.7',
-  description: 'handle ArrayBufferLike structures'
+  version: '2.0.0',
+  description: 'A module for handling ArrayBufferLike structures, including conversion and validation utilities.'
 }
diff --git a/ts/index.ts b/ts/index.ts
index 4e82e24..7855bcf 100644
--- a/ts/index.ts
+++ b/ts/index.ts
@@ -1,65 +1,13 @@
 import * as plugins from './smartbuffer.plugins.js';
 
-export function arrayBufferToBase64(arrayBuffer: ArrayBufferLike | Buffer): string {
-  var base64    = ''
-  var encodings = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/'
+export const uInt8ArrayExtras = plugins.uInt8ArrayExtras;
 
-  var bytes         = new Uint8Array(arrayBuffer)
-  var byteLength    = bytes.byteLength
-  var byteRemainder = byteLength % 3
-  var mainLength    = byteLength - byteRemainder
-
-  var a, b, c, d
-  var chunk
-
-  // Main loop deals with bytes in chunks of 3
-  for (var i = 0; i < mainLength; i = i + 3) {
-    // Combine the three bytes into a single integer
-    chunk = (bytes[i] << 16) | (bytes[i + 1] << 8) | bytes[i + 2]
-
-    // Use bitmasks to extract 6-bit segments from the triplet
-    a = (chunk & 16515072) >> 18 // 16515072 = (2^6 - 1) << 18
-    b = (chunk & 258048)   >> 12 // 258048   = (2^6 - 1) << 12
-    c = (chunk & 4032)     >>  6 // 4032     = (2^6 - 1) << 6
-    d = chunk & 63               // 63       = 2^6 - 1
-
-    // Convert the raw binary segments to the appropriate ASCII encoding
-    base64 += encodings[a] + encodings[b] + encodings[c] + encodings[d]
-  }
-
-  // Deal with the remaining bytes and padding
-  if (byteRemainder == 1) {
-    chunk = bytes[mainLength]
-
-    a = (chunk & 252) >> 2 // 252 = (2^6 - 1) << 2
-
-    // Set the 4 least significant bits to zero
-    b = (chunk & 3)   << 4 // 3   = 2^2 - 1
-
-    base64 += encodings[a] + encodings[b] + '=='
-  } else if (byteRemainder == 2) {
-    chunk = (bytes[mainLength] << 8) | bytes[mainLength + 1]
-
-    a = (chunk & 64512) >> 10 // 64512 = (2^6 - 1) << 10
-    b = (chunk & 1008)  >>  4 // 1008  = (2^6 - 1) << 4
-
-    // Set the 2 least significant bits to zero
-    c = (chunk & 15)    <<  2 // 15    = 2^4 - 1
-
-    base64 += encodings[a] + encodings[b] + encodings[c] + '='
-  }
-  
-  return base64
+export function uInt8ArrayToBase64(uInt8Array: Uint8Array): string {
+  return plugins.uInt8ArrayExtras.uint8ArrayToBase64(uInt8Array);
 }
 
-export function base64ToArrayBuffer(base64: string): Uint8Array {
-  const binaryString =  window.atob(base64);
-  const arrayLength = binaryString.length;
-  const arrayBuffer = new Uint8Array( arrayLength );
-  for (var i = 0; i < arrayLength; i++)        {
-      arrayBuffer[i] = binaryString.charCodeAt(i);
-  }
-  return arrayBuffer;
+export function base64ToUint8Array(base64: string): Uint8Array {
+  return plugins.uInt8ArrayExtras.base64ToUint8Array(base64);
 }
 
 export function isBufferLike(obj: any): obj is ArrayBufferLike | Buffer {
diff --git a/ts/smartbuffer.plugins.ts b/ts/smartbuffer.plugins.ts
index 29aa9da..b09a6ba 100644
--- a/ts/smartbuffer.plugins.ts
+++ b/ts/smartbuffer.plugins.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
-const removeme = {};
-export { removeme };
+import * as uInt8ArrayExtras from 'uint8array-extras';
+
+export {
+  uInt8ArrayExtras,
+}
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