diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0e5077c1e..4661e10be 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
     "rimraf": "^6.0.1",
     "tailwindcss": "^3.4.17",
     "typescript": "~5.7.3",
+    "uint8-base64": "^1.0.0",
     "vite": "^6.0.8",
     "vitest": "^2.1.8"
   }
diff --git a/src/save/__tests__/__snapshots__/encodeDataURL.test.ts.snap b/src/save/__tests__/__snapshots__/encodeDataURL.test.ts.snap
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..93dacbe31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/save/__tests__/__snapshots__/encodeDataURL.test.ts.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// Vitest Snapshot v1, https://vitest.dev/guide/snapshot.html
+
+exports[`basic image 2 (jpeg) 1`] = `"/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/2wCEABALDA4MChAODQ4SERATGCgaGBYWGDEjJR0oOjM9PDkzODdASFxOQERXRTc4UG1RV19iZ2hnPk1xeXBkeFxlZ2MBERISGBUYLxoaL2NCOEJjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY2NjY//AABEIAAUABQMBEQACEQEDEQH/xAGiAAABBQEBAQEBAQAAAAAAAAAAAQIDBAUGBwgJCgsQAAIBAwMCBAMFBQQEAAABfQECAwAEEQUSITFBBhNRYQcicRQygZGhCCNCscEVUtHwJDNicoIJChYXGBkaJSYnKCkqNDU2Nzg5OkNERUZHSElKU1RVVldYWVpjZGVmZ2hpanN0dXZ3eHl6g4SFhoeIiYqSk5SVlpeYmZqio6Slpqeoqaqys7S1tre4ubrCw8TFxsfIycrS09TV1tfY2drh4uPk5ebn6Onq8fLz9PX29/j5+gEAAwEBAQEBAQEBAQAAAAAAAAECAwQFBgcICQoLEQACAQIEBAMEBwUEBAABAncAAQIDEQQFITEGEkFRB2FxEyIygQgUQpGhscEJIzNS8BVictEKFiQ04SXxFxgZGiYnKCkqNTY3ODk6Q0RFRkdISUpTVFVWV1hZWmNkZWZnaGlqc3R1dnd4eXqCg4SFhoeIiYqSk5SVlpeYmZqio6Slpqeoqaqys7S1tre4ubrCw8TFxsfIycrS09TV1tfY2dri4+Tl5ufo6ery8/T19vf4+fr/2gAMAwEAAhEDEQA/AOu0zTbmyvL+efUZbpLmTfHE+cQDLHaMk+oHbpQB/9k="`;
diff --git a/src/save/__tests__/encodeDataURL.test.ts b/src/save/__tests__/encodeDataURL.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d21ea4a93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/save/__tests__/encodeDataURL.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { encode } from '../encode.js';
+import { encodeDataURL } from '../encodeDataURL.js';
+
+test('basic image (png)', () => {
+  const image = testUtils.createGreyImage([
+    [0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
+    [0, 255, 255, 255, 0],
+    [0, 255, 0, 255, 0],
+    [0, 255, 255, 255, 0],
+    [255, 0, 255, 0, 255],
+  ]);
+  const base64Url = encodeDataURL(image);
+
+  expect(base64Url).toBe(
+    'data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAAFCAAAAACoBHk5AAAAFklEQVR4XmNggID///+DSCCEskHM/wCAnQr2TY5mOAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==',
+  );
+});
+
+test('basic image 2 (jpeg)', () => {
+  const image = testUtils.createGreyImage([
+    [255, 255, 255, 255, 255],
+    [255, 0, 0, 0, 255],
+    [255, 0, 0, 0, 255],
+    [255, 0, 0, 0, 255],
+    [255, 255, 255, 255, 255],
+  ]);
+  const format = 'jpeg';
+  const base64 = encodeDataURL(image, { format });
+  const base64Data = Buffer.from(encode(image, { format })).toString('base64');
+  expect(typeof base64).toBe('string');
+  expect(base64Data).toMatchSnapshot();
+});
+
+test('legacy image-js test', () => {
+  const image = testUtils.createRgbaImage(
+    ` 
+        255 0 0 / 255 | 0  255  0 / 255 | 0 0 255 / 255 
+        255 255 0 / 255   | 255 0 255 / 255 | 0 255 255 / 255
+        0 0 0 / 255 | 255 255 255 / 255 | 127 127 127 / 255 
+     `,
+  );
+  const format = 'jpeg';
+  const url = encodeDataURL(image, { format });
+  const base64Data = Buffer.from(encode(image, { format })).toString('base64');
+  expect(typeof url).toBe('string');
+  expect(base64Data).toBe(url.slice(url.indexOf(',') + 1));
+});
diff --git a/src/save/encode.ts b/src/save/encode.ts
index 3f99f3b6c..3bd5e769c 100644
--- a/src/save/encode.ts
+++ b/src/save/encode.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export interface EncodeOptionsJpeg {
 export interface EncodeOptionsBmp {
   format: 'bmp';
 }
-const defaultPng: EncodeOptionsPng = { format: 'png' };
+export const defaultPng: EncodeOptionsPng = { format: 'png' };
 
 /**
  * Encodes the image to the specified format
diff --git a/src/save/encodeDataURL.ts b/src/save/encodeDataURL.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..013002322
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/save/encodeDataURL.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { encode as uint8encode } from 'uint8-base64';
+
+import type { Image } from '../Image.js';
+
+import type {
+  EncodeOptionsBmp,
+  EncodeOptionsJpeg,
+  EncodeOptionsPng,
+} from './encode.js';
+import { encode, defaultPng } from './encode.js';
+/**
+ * Converts image into Data URL string.
+ * @param image - Image to get base64 encoding from.
+ * @param options - Encoding options.
+ * @returns base64 string.
+ */
+export function encodeDataURL(
+  image: Image,
+  options: EncodeOptionsBmp | EncodeOptionsPng | EncodeOptionsJpeg = defaultPng,
+) {
+  const buffer = encode(image, options);
+  const base64 = uint8encode(buffer);
+  const base64Data = new TextDecoder().decode(base64);
+  return `data:image/${options.format};base64,${base64Data}`;
+}
diff --git a/src/save/index.ts b/src/save/index.ts
index b2a09f6fe..c9572c576 100644
--- a/src/save/index.ts
+++ b/src/save/index.ts
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ export * from './encodePng.js';
 export * from './encodeJpeg.js';
 export * from './write.js';
 export * from './writeCanvas.js';
+export * from './encodeDataURL.js';