diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dba32158..f8acd0d5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ See [extension/CHANGELOG.md](extension/CHANGELOG.md).
 - Click `#include`/`#link` decorations to open the file; offer to import a GitHub repo given by `repo=` ("user/repo" or a tree URL).
 - Tool info dialog and generated toolchain docs; Help window with ID docs.
 - File | New only lists extensions that have skeleton files.
+- "Share Playable Link" packs the game into the URL fragment instead of the query string, so it no longer hits the web server's ~8 KB request-line limit, and encodes it as URL-safe Base64 to avoid percent-encoding. Old `?r=` links still play.
 - Removed the Markdown/Showdown platform, the old `script` platform, Google Analytics, Sentry (replaced with a new error-reporting endpoint) and the HTTPS redirect.
 
 ### Asset editor
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index d74e5c30..508fdf7c 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -357,7 +357,6 @@ body {
         <p>You can also embed it into an IFRAME:</p>
         <textarea rows="4" cols="80" id="embedIframeTextarea" class="cliptext"></textarea>
         <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" data-clipboard-target="#embedIframeTextarea">Copy IFRAME Tag</button>
-        <p id="embedAdviceWarnIE">Note: These links may be too long for IE/Edge browsers.</p>
         <p id="embedAdviceWarnAll">Note: These links may be too long for some browsers.</p>
       </div>
       <div class="modal-footer">
diff --git a/src/common/util.ts b/src/common/util.ts
index 5a6bc018..90cf351d 100644
--- a/src/common/util.ts
+++ b/src/common/util.ts
@@ -572,6 +572,58 @@ export function setScriptLoader(loader:ScriptLoader) : ScriptLoader {
   return prev;
 }
 
+// URL-safe Base64 (RFC 4648 §5) helpers, used to pack binary blobs
+// (e.g. compressed ROMs) into shareable URLs. Unlike standard Base64, the
+// alphabet ('-' and '_' instead of '+' and '/'/no padding) is safe inside a
+// URL fragment, so it survives without percent-encoding.
+const B64URL_CHARS = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_';
+const B64URL_LOOKUP = (() => {
+  const lut = new Int16Array(128).fill(-1);
+  for (let i = 0; i < B64URL_CHARS.length; ++i) lut[B64URL_CHARS.charCodeAt(i)] = i;
+  // accept standard Base64 too, so old '?r=' links still decode
+  lut[0x2b] = 62; // '+'
+  lut[0x2f] = 63; // '/'
+  return lut;
+})();
+
+export function encodeBase64Url(data : Uint8Array) : string {
+  let out = '';
+  for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i += 3) {
+    const b0 = data[i];
+    out += B64URL_CHARS[b0 >> 2];
+    if (i + 1 < data.length) {
+      const b1 = data[i + 1];
+      out += B64URL_CHARS[((b0 & 3) << 4) | (b1 >> 4)];
+      if (i + 2 < data.length) {
+        const b2 = data[i + 2];
+        out += B64URL_CHARS[((b1 & 15) << 2) | (b2 >> 6)];
+        out += B64URL_CHARS[b2 & 63];
+      } else {
+        out += B64URL_CHARS[(b1 & 15) << 2];
+      }
+    } else {
+      out += B64URL_CHARS[(b0 & 3) << 4];
+    }
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
+export function decodeBase64Url(s : string) : Uint8Array {
+  const out = new Uint8Array((s.length * 3) >> 2);
+  let bits = 0, nbits = 0, o = 0;
+  for (let i = 0; i < s.length; ++i) {
+    const v = B64URL_LOOKUP[s.charCodeAt(i)];
+    if (v < 0) continue; // skip padding/whitespace/unknown characters
+    bits = (bits << 6) | v;
+    nbits += 6;
+    if (nbits >= 8) {
+      nbits -= 8;
+      out[o++] = (bits >> nbits) & 0xff;
+    }
+  }
+  return out.subarray(0, o);
+}
+
 export function decodeQueryString(qs : string) : {} {
   if (qs.startsWith('?')) qs = qs.substr(1);
   var a = qs.split('&');
diff --git a/src/ide/embedui.ts b/src/ide/embedui.ts
index 32afec41..38dfd92b 100644
--- a/src/ide/embedui.ts
+++ b/src/ide/embedui.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import { lzgmini } from "../common/util";
 import { PLATFORMS } from "../common/emu";
 import { Platform } from "../common/baseplatform";
-import { stringToByteArray, getWithBinary, loadScript, getRootBasePlatform } from "../common/util";
+import { getWithBinary, loadScript, getRootBasePlatform, decodeBase64Url, decodeQueryString } from "../common/util";
 import { StateRecorderImpl } from "../common/recorder";
 import { importPlatform } from "../platform/_index";
 import { saveAs } from "file-saver";
@@ -14,19 +14,12 @@ export var stateRecorder : StateRecorderImpl;
 // external libs (TODO)
 declare var ga, GIF;
 
-var _qs = (function (a) {
-    if (!a || a.length == 0)
-        return {};
-    var b = {};
-    for (var i = 0; i < a.length; ++i) {
-        var p = a[i].split('=', 2);
-        if (p.length == 1)
-            b[p[0]] = "";
-        else
-            b[p[0]] = decodeURIComponent(p[1].replace(/\+/g, " "));
-    }
-    return b;
-})(window.location.search.substr(1).split('&'));
+// Payload for the playable-link can be large, so it lives in the URL fragment
+// (which never reaches the web server); older links may still put it in the
+// query string, so parse both and let the fragment win.
+var _qs = decodeQueryString(window.location.search) as { [key: string]: string };
+var _hashqs = window.location.hash ? decodeQueryString(window.location.hash.substr(1)) as { [key: string]: string } : {};
+for (var _k in _hashqs) _qs[_k] = _hashqs[_k];
 
 // catch errors
 function installErrorHandler() {
@@ -155,8 +148,9 @@ async function startPlatform(qs) {
     }, 'arraybuffer');
     return true;
   } else if (lzgvar) {
-    // decompress from lzg
-    var lzgrom = stringToByteArray(atob(lzgvar));
+    // decompress from lzg; the payload is URL-safe Base64 (the decoder also
+    // accepts standard Base64, so pre-fragment links keep working)
+    var lzgrom = decodeBase64Url(lzgvar);
     rom = new lzgmini().decode(lzgrom);
   }
   addPageFocusHandlers();
diff --git a/src/ide/services.ts b/src/ide/services.ts
index 4d45148d..89412e3a 100644
--- a/src/ide/services.ts
+++ b/src/ide/services.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export interface GHSession extends GHRepoMetadata {
   paths?: string[];
 }
 
-const README_md_template = "$NAME\n=====\n\n[Open this project in 8bitworkshop](http://8bitworkshop.com/redir.html?platform=$PLATFORM&githubURL=$GITHUBURL&file=$MAINFILE).\n";
+const README_md_template = "$NAME\n=====\n\n[Open this project in 8bitworkshop](https://8bitworkshop.com/redir.html?platform=$PLATFORM&githubURL=$GITHUBURL&file=$MAINFILE).\n";
 
 export function getRepos(): { [key: string]: GHRepoMetadata } {
   var repos = {};
diff --git a/src/ide/shareexport.ts b/src/ide/shareexport.ts
index 38f3394b..a1f8d1da 100644
--- a/src/ide/shareexport.ts
+++ b/src/ide/shareexport.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { OutputSoundFile, TAPFile } from '../common/audio/CommodoreTape';
-import { byteArrayToString, compressLZG, getBasePlatform, getFilenameForPath, getFilenamePrefix, loadScript } from '../common/util';
+import { compressLZG, encodeBase64Url, getBasePlatform, getFilenameForPath, getFilenamePrefix, loadScript } from '../common/util';
 import { alertError, alertInfo, setWaitDialog, setWaitProgress } from './dialogs';
 import { getCurrentEditorFilename, getCurrentMainFilename, getCurrentOutput, getCurrentProject, getPlatformStore, getWorkerParams, platform, platform_id, projectWindows } from './ui';
 import { saveAs } from "file-saver";
@@ -20,22 +20,19 @@ export function _shareEmbedLink(e) {
         // TODO: Module is bad var name (conflicts with MAME)
         var lzgrom = compressLZG(window['Module'], Array.from(<Uint8Array>getCurrentOutput()));
         window['Module'] = null; // so we load it again next time
-        var lzgb64 = btoa(byteArrayToString(lzgrom));
-        var embed = {
-            p: platform_id,
-            //n: current_project.mainPath,
-            r: lzgb64
-        };
-        var linkqs = $.param(embed);
-        var fulllink = get8bitworkshopLink(linkqs, 'player.html');
+        // Pack the compressed ROM into the URL fragment so it never reaches the
+        // web server (avoids Apache's ~8190-byte LimitRequestLine), and use
+        // URL-safe Base64 so it needs no percent-encoding.
+        var lzgb64 = encodeBase64Url(lzgrom);
+        var linkqs = $.param({ p: platform_id });
+        var fulllink = get8bitworkshopLink(linkqs, 'player.html', 'r=' + lzgb64);
         var iframelink = '<iframe width=640 height=600 src="' + fulllink + '">';
         $("#embedLinkTextarea").text(fulllink);
         $("#embedIframeTextarea").text(iframelink);
         $("#embedLinkModal").modal('show');
         $("#embedAdviceWarnAll").hide();
         $("#embedAdviceWarnIE").hide();
-        if (fulllink.length >= 65536) $("#embedAdviceWarnAll").show();
-        else if (fulllink.length >= 5120) $("#embedAdviceWarnIE").show();
+        if (fulllink.length >= 65535) $("#embedAdviceWarnAll").show();
     });
     return true;
 }
@@ -49,12 +46,13 @@ function loadClipboardLibrary() {
     });
 }
 
-function get8bitworkshopLink(linkqs: string, fn: string) {
+function get8bitworkshopLink(linkqs: string, fn: string, hash?: string) {
     console.log(linkqs);
     var loc = window.location;
     var prefix = loc.pathname.replace('index.html', '');
     var protocol = (loc.host == '8bitworkshop.com') ? 'https:' : loc.protocol;
     var fulllink = protocol + '//' + loc.host + prefix + fn + '?' + linkqs;
+    if (hash) fulllink += '#' + hash;
     return fulllink;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/unit/testutil.ts b/test/unit/testutil.ts
index d6af9206..14cfead7 100644
--- a/test/unit/testutil.ts
+++ b/test/unit/testutil.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import assert from "assert";
 import { describe } from "mocha";
 import { EmuHalt } from "../../src/common/emu"
-import { lzgmini, isProbablyBinary, hex } from "../../src/common/util";
+import { lzgmini, isProbablyBinary, hex, encodeBase64Url, decodeBase64Url } from "../../src/common/util";
 import { Tokenizer, TokenType } from "../../src/common/tokenizer";
 import { OPS_6502 } from "../../src/common/cpu/disasm6502";
 import { MOS6502 } from "../../src/common/cpu/MOS6502";
@@ -140,6 +140,28 @@ describe('string functions', function () {
     // control bytes are a soft signal; one form feed is fine in source
     assert.ok(!isProbablyBinary(null, new TextEncoder().encode("a\fb\n")));
   });
+
+  it('Should round-trip URL-safe Base64', function () {
+    for (let len = 0; len <= 64; ++len) {
+      const data = new Uint8Array(len);
+      for (let i = 0; i < len; ++i) data[i] = (i * 37 + len * 11) & 0xff;
+      const enc = encodeBase64Url(data);
+      assert.ok(!/[+/=]/.test(enc), `output must be URL-safe: ${enc}`);
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(Array.from(decodeBase64Url(enc)), Array.from(data));
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('Should encode URL-safe Base64 like standard Base64 (modulo alphabet)', function () {
+    const data = new Uint8Array([0x00, 0x10, 0xff, 0xfe, 0xfb, 0x42, 0x01]);
+    const std = Buffer.from(data).toString('base64').replace(/=+$/, '').replace(/\+/g, '-').replace(/\//g, '_');
+    assert.strictEqual(encodeBase64Url(data), std);
+  });
+
+  it('Should decode legacy standard Base64 (old share links)', function () {
+    const data = new Uint8Array([0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x80, 0xfe, 0xff]);
+    const std = Buffer.from(data).toString('base64');
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(Array.from(decodeBase64Url(std)), Array.from(data));
+  });
 });
 
 describe('EmuHalt', function () {