diff --git a/pkgs/anoia/init.fnl b/pkgs/anoia/init.fnl
index 06695ba7..1b629857 100644
--- a/pkgs/anoia/init.fnl
+++ b/pkgs/anoia/init.fnl
@@ -13,4 +13,47 @@
 
 (fn system [s] (assert (os.execute s)))
 
-{ : merge : split : file-exists? : system }
+(fn hash [str]
+  (accumulate [h 5381
+               c (str:gmatch ".")]
+    (+ (* h 33) (string.byte c))))
+
+
+(local
+ base64-indices
+ (doto [
+        "B" "C" "D" "E" "F" "G" "H" "I" "J" "K" "L" "M" "N" "O" "P"
+        "Q" "R" "S" "T" "U" "V" "W" "X" "Y" "Z" "a" "b" "c" "d" "e" "f"
+        "g" "h" "i" "j" "k" "l" "m" "n" "o" "p" "q" "r" "s" "t" "u" "v"
+        "w" "x" "y" "z" "0" "1" "2" "3" "4" "5" "6" "7" "8" "9" "-" "_"
+        ]
+   (tset 0 "A")))
+
+;; local function base64(s)
+;;    local byte, rep = string.byte, string.rep
+;;    local pad = 2 - ((#s-1) % 3)
+;;    s = (s..rep('\0', pad)):gsub("...", function(cs)
+;;       local a, b, c = byte(cs, 1, 3)
+;;       return bs[a>>2] .. bs[(a&3)<<4|b>>4] .. bs[(b&15)<<2|c>>6] .. bs[c&63]
+;;    end)
+;;    return s:sub(1, #s-pad) .. rep('=', pad)
+;; end
+
+(fn base64url [s]
+  "URL-safe Base64-encoded form of s (no trailing padding)"
+  (let [pad (- 2 (% (- (# s) 1)  3))
+        bs base64-indices
+        blank (string.rep "\0" pad)
+        s (-> (.. s blank)
+              (: :gsub
+                 "..."
+                 (fn [cs]
+                   (let [(a b c) (string.byte cs  1 3)]
+                     (.. (. bs (rshift a 2))
+                         (. bs (bor (lshift (band a 3) 4)  (rshift b 4)))
+                         (. bs (bor (lshift (band b 15) 2) (rshift c 6)))
+                         (. bs (band c 63)))))))]
+    (s:sub 1 (- (# s) pad))))
+
+
+{ : merge : split : file-exists? : system : hash : base64url }
diff --git a/pkgs/anoia/test.fnl b/pkgs/anoia/test.fnl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b940758b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/anoia/test.fnl
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+(local { : hash : base64url } (require :anoia))
+
+(assert (= (hash "") 5381))
+
+;; these examples from https://theartincode.stanis.me/008-djb2/
+(assert (= (hash "Hello") 210676686969))
+(assert (= (hash "Hello!") 6952330670010))
+
+(assert (= (base64url "hello world") "aGVsbG8gd29ybGQ"))