diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index f80e8fc4..b721cef8 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,18 @@ import { logger } from './logger'
 import { createTsProgram } from './parser'
 import { invokePuya } from './puya'
 import type { PuyaPassThroughOptions } from './puya/options'
+import {
+  base32ToUint8Array,
+  base64ToUint8Array,
+  bigIntToUint8Array,
+  hexToUint8Array,
+  uint8ArrayToBase32,
+  uint8ArrayToBase64,
+  uint8ArrayToBigInt,
+  uint8ArrayToHex,
+  uint8ArrayToUtf8,
+  utf8ToUint8Array,
+} from './util'
 
 export { SourceLocation } from './awst/source-location'
 export { anyPType, ContractClassPType, FunctionPType, PType } from './awst_build/ptypes'
@@ -18,6 +30,20 @@ export { registerPTypes } from './awst_build/ptypes/register'
 export { typeRegistry } from './awst_build/type-registry'
 export { TypeResolver } from './awst_build/type-resolver'
 
+export const encodingUtil = {
+  utf8ToUint8Array,
+  bigIntToUint8Array,
+  hexToUint8Array,
+  base32ToUint8Array,
+  base64ToUint8Array,
+
+  uint8ArrayToUtf8,
+  uint8ArrayToHex,
+  uint8ArrayToBase32,
+  uint8ArrayToBase64,
+  uint8ArrayToBigInt,
+}
+
 export type CompileResult = {
   logs: LogEvent[]
   programDirectory: string
diff --git a/src/util/index.ts b/src/util/index.ts
index a4455669..35b88bdb 100644
--- a/src/util/index.ts
+++ b/src/util/index.ts
@@ -53,10 +53,13 @@ export const expandMaybeArray = <T>(maybeArray: T | T[]): T[] => {
   return Array.isArray(maybeArray) ? maybeArray : [maybeArray]
 }
 
+export const uint8ArrayToBase64 = (value: Uint8Array): string => Buffer.from(value).toString('base64')
+
 export const hexToUint8Array = (value: string): Uint8Array => {
   invariant(value.length % 2 === 0, 'Hex string must have even number of characters')
   return new Uint8Array(new Array(value.length / 2).fill(0).map((_, i) => parseInt(value.slice(i * 2, i * 2 + 1), 16)))
 }
+
 export const base64ToUint8Array = (value: string): Uint8Array => {
   return new Uint8Array(Buffer.from(value, 'base64'))
 }
@@ -66,6 +69,16 @@ export const utf8ToUint8Array = (value: string): Uint8Array => {
   return encoder.encode(value)
 }
 
+export const uint8ArrayToBigInt = (v: Uint8Array): bigint => {
+  // Assume big-endian
+  return Array.from(v)
+    .toReversed()
+    .map((byte_value, i): bigint => BigInt(byte_value) << BigInt(i * 8))
+    .reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0n)
+}
+
+export const uint8ArrayToHex = (value: Uint8Array): string => Buffer.from(value).toString('hex')
+
 export const uint8ArrayToUtf8 = (value: Uint8Array): string => {
   const decoder = new TextDecoder()
   return decoder.decode(value)