diff --git a/objdiff-cli/src/cmd/diff.rs b/objdiff-cli/src/cmd/diff.rs
index 062e0b89..4e35b3f8 100644
--- a/objdiff-cli/src/cmd/diff.rs
+++ b/objdiff-cli/src/cmd/diff.rs
@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@ fn run_oneshot(
         .transpose()?;
     let result =
         diff::diff_objs(target.as_ref(), base.as_ref(), None, &diff_config, &mapping_config)?;
-    let left = target.as_ref().and_then(|o| result.left.as_ref().map(|d| (o, d)));
-    let right = base.as_ref().and_then(|o| result.right.as_ref().map(|d| (o, d)));
+    let left = target.as_ref().zip(result.left.as_ref());
+    let right = base.as_ref().zip(result.right.as_ref());
     let diff_result = DiffResult::new(left, right, &diff_config)?;
     write_output(&diff_result, Some(output), output_format)?;
     Ok(())
diff --git a/objdiff-core/config-schema.json b/objdiff-core/config-schema.json
index b1bca011..cbe1703a 100644
--- a/objdiff-core/config-schema.json
+++ b/objdiff-core/config-schema.json
@@ -117,6 +117,51 @@
       "name": "Combine text sections",
       "description": "Combines all text sections into one."
     },
+    {
+      "id": "preferredStringEncoding",
+      "type": "choice",
+      "default": "auto",
+      "name": "Preferred string encoding",
+      "description": "Which encoding to use when diffing string literals used in functions.",
+      "items": [
+        {
+          "value": "auto",
+          "name": "Auto"
+        },
+        {
+          "value": "ascii",
+          "name": "ASCII"
+        },
+        {
+          "value": "utf_8",
+          "name": "UTF-8"
+        },
+        {
+          "value": "shift_jis",
+          "name": "Shift JIS"
+        },
+        {
+          "value": "windows_1252",
+          "name": "Windows-1252"
+        },
+        {
+          "value": "euc_jp",
+          "name": "EUC-JP"
+        },
+        {
+          "value": "big5",
+          "name": "Big5"
+        },
+        {
+          "value": "utf_16be",
+          "name": "UTF-16BE"
+        },
+        {
+          "value": "utf_16le",
+          "name": "UTF-16LE"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
     {
       "id": "arm.archVersion",
       "type": "choice",
@@ -338,6 +383,7 @@
       "id": "general",
       "name": "General",
       "properties": [
+        "preferredStringEncoding",
         "functionRelocDiffs",
         "demangler",
         "showSymbolSizes",
diff --git a/objdiff-core/src/arch/mod.rs b/objdiff-core/src/arch/mod.rs
index 5d44aaea..afa6f21e 100644
--- a/objdiff-core/src/arch/mod.rs
+++ b/objdiff-core/src/arch/mod.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use object::Endian as _;
 
 use crate::{
     diff::{
-        DiffObjConfig, DiffSide,
+        ConfigEnum, DiffObjConfig, DiffSide, PreferredStringEncoding,
         display::{ContextItem, HoverItem, InstructionPart},
     },
     obj::{
@@ -52,6 +52,33 @@ const SUPPORTED_ENCODINGS_WITH_NULL_TERM: [(&encoding_rs::Encoding, &str); 5] =
 const SUPPORTED_ENCODINGS_NO_NULL_TERM: [(&encoding_rs::Encoding, &str); 2] =
     [(encoding_rs::UTF_16BE, "UTF-16BE"), (encoding_rs::UTF_16LE, "UTF-16LE")];
 
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, PartialEq)]
+pub struct LiteralInfo {
+    pub literal: String,
+    pub label_override: Option<String>,
+    pub copy_string: Option<String>,
+    pub hidden: bool, // Only used when the user hasn't set a preferred string encoding
+    pub is_string: bool,
+}
+
+impl LiteralInfo {
+    pub fn hidden(&self, diff_config: Option<&DiffObjConfig>) -> bool {
+        let Some(diff_config) = diff_config else {
+            return self.hidden;
+        };
+        if !self.is_string {
+            return self.hidden;
+        }
+        if diff_config.preferred_string_encoding == PreferredStringEncoding::Auto {
+            return self.hidden;
+        }
+        let Some(ref label) = self.label_override else {
+            return self.hidden;
+        };
+        *label != diff_config.preferred_string_encoding.name()
+    }
+}
+
 /// Represents the type of data associated with an instruction
 #[derive(PartialEq)]
 pub enum DataType {
@@ -83,18 +110,14 @@ impl fmt::Display for DataType {
 impl DataType {
     pub fn display_labels(&self, endian: object::Endianness, bytes: &[u8]) -> Vec<String> {
         let mut strs = Vec::new();
-        for (literal, label_override, _) in self.display_literals(endian, bytes) {
-            let label = label_override.unwrap_or_else(|| self.to_string());
-            strs.push(format!("{label}: {literal:?}"))
+        for lit_info in self.display_literals(endian, bytes) {
+            let label = lit_info.label_override.unwrap_or_else(|| self.to_string());
+            strs.push(format!("{}: {:?}", label, lit_info.literal))
         }
         strs
     }
 
-    pub fn display_literals(
-        &self,
-        endian: object::Endianness,
-        bytes: &[u8],
-    ) -> Vec<(String, Option<String>, Option<String>)> {
+    pub fn display_literals(&self, endian: object::Endianness, bytes: &[u8]) -> Vec<LiteralInfo> {
         let mut strs = Vec::new();
         if self.required_len().is_some_and(|l| bytes.len() < l) {
             log::warn!(
@@ -118,60 +141,70 @@ impl DataType {
         match self {
             DataType::Int8 => {
                 let i = i8::from_ne_bytes(bytes.try_into().unwrap());
-                strs.push((format!("{i:#x}"), None, None));
+                strs.push(LiteralInfo { literal: format!("{i:#x}"), ..Default::default() });
 
                 if i < 0 {
-                    strs.push((format!("{:#x}", ReallySigned(i)), None, None));
+                    strs.push(LiteralInfo {
+                        literal: format!("{:#x}", ReallySigned(i)),
+                        ..Default::default()
+                    });
                 }
             }
             DataType::Int16 => {
                 let i = endian.read_i16_bytes(bytes.try_into().unwrap());
-                strs.push((format!("{i:#x}"), None, None));
+                strs.push(LiteralInfo { literal: format!("{i:#x}"), ..Default::default() });
 
                 if i < 0 {
-                    strs.push((format!("{:#x}", ReallySigned(i)), None, None));
+                    strs.push(LiteralInfo {
+                        literal: format!("{:#x}", ReallySigned(i)),
+                        ..Default::default()
+                    });
                 }
             }
             DataType::Int32 => {
                 let i = endian.read_i32_bytes(bytes.try_into().unwrap());
-                strs.push((format!("{i:#x}"), None, None));
+                strs.push(LiteralInfo { literal: format!("{i:#x}"), ..Default::default() });
 
                 if i < 0 {
-                    strs.push((format!("{:#x}", ReallySigned(i)), None, None));
+                    strs.push(LiteralInfo {
+                        literal: format!("{:#x}", ReallySigned(i)),
+                        ..Default::default()
+                    });
                 }
             }
             DataType::Int64 => {
                 let i = endian.read_i64_bytes(bytes.try_into().unwrap());
-                strs.push((format!("{i:#x}"), None, None));
+                strs.push(LiteralInfo { literal: format!("{i:#x}"), ..Default::default() });
 
                 if i < 0 {
-                    strs.push((format!("{:#x}", ReallySigned(i)), None, None));
+                    strs.push(LiteralInfo {
+                        literal: format!("{:#x}", ReallySigned(i)),
+                        ..Default::default()
+                    });
                 }
             }
             DataType::Float => {
                 let bytes: [u8; 4] = bytes.try_into().unwrap();
-                strs.push((
-                    format!("{:?}f", match endian {
+                strs.push(LiteralInfo {
+                    literal: format!("{:?}f", match endian {
                         object::Endianness::Little => f32::from_le_bytes(bytes),
                         object::Endianness::Big => f32::from_be_bytes(bytes),
                     }),
-                    None,
-                    None,
-                ));
+                    ..Default::default()
+                });
             }
             DataType::Double => {
                 let bytes: [u8; 8] = bytes.try_into().unwrap();
-                strs.push((
-                    format!("{:?}", match endian {
+                strs.push(LiteralInfo {
+                    literal: format!("{:?}", match endian {
                         object::Endianness::Little => f64::from_le_bytes(bytes),
                         object::Endianness::Big => f64::from_be_bytes(bytes),
                     }),
-                    None,
-                    None,
-                ));
+                    ..Default::default()
+                });
             }
             DataType::Bytes => {
-                strs.push((format!("{bytes:#?}"), None, None));
+                strs.push(LiteralInfo { literal: format!("{bytes:#?}"), ..Default::default() });
             }
             DataType::String => {
                 if let Some(nul_idx) = bytes.iter().position(|&c| c == b'\0') {
@@ -181,15 +214,28 @@ impl DataType {
                     if !had_errors && cow.is_ascii() {
                         let string = format!("{cow}");
                         let copy_string = escape_special_ascii_characters(&string);
-                        strs.push((string, Some("ASCII".into()), Some(copy_string)));
+                        strs.push(LiteralInfo {
+                            literal: string,
+                            label_override: Some("ASCII".into()),
+                            copy_string: Some(copy_string),
+                            hidden: false,
+                            is_string: true,
+                        });
                     }
                     for (encoding, encoding_name) in SUPPORTED_ENCODINGS_WITH_NULL_TERM {
                         let (cow, _, had_errors) = encoding.decode(str_bytes);
-                        // Avoid showing ASCII-only strings more than once if the encoding is ASCII-compatible.
-                        if !had_errors && (!encoding.is_ascii_compatible() || !cow.is_ascii()) {
+                        if !had_errors {
                             let string = format!("{cow}");
                             let copy_string = escape_special_ascii_characters(&string);
-                            strs.push((string, Some(encoding_name.into()), Some(copy_string)));
+                            // Avoid showing ASCII-only strings more than once if the encoding is ASCII-compatible.
+                            let hidden = encoding.is_ascii_compatible() && cow.is_ascii();
+                            strs.push(LiteralInfo {
+                                literal: string,
+                                label_override: Some(encoding_name.into()),
+                                copy_string: Some(copy_string),
+                                hidden,
+                                is_string: true,
+                            });
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -202,11 +248,13 @@ impl DataType {
                     let trimmed = cow.trim_end_matches('\0');
                     if !trimmed.is_empty() {
                         let copy_string = escape_special_ascii_characters(trimmed);
-                        strs.push((
-                            trimmed.to_string(),
-                            Some(encoding_name.into()),
-                            Some(copy_string),
-                        ));
+                        strs.push(LiteralInfo {
+                            literal: trimmed.to_string(),
+                            label_override: Some(encoding_name.into()),
+                            copy_string: Some(copy_string),
+                            hidden: false,
+                            is_string: true,
+                        });
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/objdiff-core/src/diff/code.rs b/objdiff-core/src/diff/code.rs
index ecaad621..aaef971f 100644
--- a/objdiff-core/src/diff/code.rs
+++ b/objdiff-core/src/diff/code.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ use anyhow::{Context, Result, anyhow, ensure};
 
 use super::{
     DiffObjConfig, FunctionRelocDiffs, InstructionArgDiffIndex, InstructionBranchFrom,
-    InstructionBranchTo, InstructionDiffKind, InstructionDiffRow, SymbolDiff,
-    display::display_ins_data_literals,
+    InstructionBranchTo, InstructionDiffKind, InstructionDiffRow, PreferredStringEncoding,
+    SymbolDiff, display::display_ins_data_literals,
 };
 use crate::obj::{
     InstructionArg, InstructionArgValue, InstructionRef, Object, ResolvedInstructionRef,
@@ -296,6 +296,26 @@ pub(crate) fn section_name_eq(
     })
 }
 
+fn ins_data_literals_eq(
+    left_obj: &Object,
+    right_obj: &Object,
+    left_ins: ResolvedInstructionRef,
+    right_ins: ResolvedInstructionRef,
+    diff_config: &DiffObjConfig,
+) -> bool {
+    let mut left_literals = display_ins_data_literals(left_obj, left_ins);
+    let mut right_literals = display_ins_data_literals(right_obj, right_ins);
+    if left_literals == right_literals {
+        return true;
+    }
+    if diff_config.preferred_string_encoding == PreferredStringEncoding::Auto {
+        return left_literals == right_literals;
+    }
+    left_literals.retain(|lit_info| !lit_info.hidden(Some(diff_config)));
+    right_literals.retain(|lit_info| !lit_info.hidden(Some(diff_config)));
+    left_literals == right_literals
+}
+
 fn reloc_eq(
     left_obj: &Object,
     right_obj: &Object,
@@ -330,8 +350,7 @@ fn reloc_eq(
                 && (diff_config.function_reloc_diffs == FunctionRelocDiffs::NameAddress
                     || left_reloc.symbol.kind != SymbolKind::Object
                     || right_reloc.symbol.size == 0 // Likely a pool symbol like ...data, don't treat this as a diff
-                    || display_ins_data_literals(left_obj, left_ins)
-                        == display_ins_data_literals(right_obj, right_ins))
+                    || ins_data_literals_eq(left_obj, right_obj, left_ins, right_ins, diff_config))
         }
         (Some(_), None) | (None, Some(_)) | (None, None) => symbol_name_addend_matches,
     }
diff --git a/objdiff-core/src/diff/display.rs b/objdiff-core/src/diff/display.rs
index 11b72bac..d5c7920e 100644
--- a/objdiff-core/src/diff/display.rs
+++ b/objdiff-core/src/diff/display.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use itertools::Itertools;
 use regex::Regex;
 
 use crate::{
+    arch::LiteralInfo,
     diff::{
         DataDiffKind, DataDiffRow, DiffObjConfig, InstructionDiffKind, InstructionDiffRow,
         ObjectDiff, SymbolDiff, data::resolve_relocation,
@@ -494,15 +495,21 @@ pub fn relocation_context(
     obj: &Object,
     reloc: ResolvedRelocation,
     ins: Option<ResolvedInstructionRef>,
+    diff_config: Option<&DiffObjConfig>,
 ) -> Vec<ContextItem> {
     let mut out = Vec::new();
     out.append(&mut symbol_context(obj, reloc.relocation.target_symbol));
     if let Some(ins) = ins {
-        let literals = display_ins_data_literals(obj, ins);
+        let mut literals = display_ins_data_literals(obj, ins);
+        literals.retain(|lit_info| !lit_info.hidden(diff_config));
         if !literals.is_empty() {
             out.push(ContextItem::Separator);
-            for (literal, label_override, copy_string) in literals {
-                out.push(ContextItem::Copy { value: literal, label: label_override, copy_string });
+            for lit_info in literals {
+                out.push(ContextItem::Copy {
+                    value: lit_info.literal,
+                    label: lit_info.label_override,
+                    copy_string: lit_info.copy_string,
+                });
             }
         }
     }
@@ -555,7 +562,7 @@ pub fn data_row_context(obj: &Object, diff_row: &DataDiffRow) -> Vec<ContextItem
         prev_reloc = Some(reloc);
 
         let reloc = resolve_relocation(&obj.symbols, reloc);
-        out.append(&mut relocation_context(obj, reloc, None));
+        out.append(&mut relocation_context(obj, reloc, None, None));
     }
     out
 }
@@ -592,6 +599,7 @@ pub fn instruction_context(
     obj: &Object,
     resolved: ResolvedInstructionRef,
     ins: &ParsedInstruction,
+    diff_config: &DiffObjConfig,
 ) -> Vec<ContextItem> {
     let mut out = Vec::new();
     let mut hex_string = String::new();
@@ -636,7 +644,7 @@ pub fn instruction_context(
     }
     if let Some(reloc) = resolved.relocation {
         out.push(ContextItem::Separator);
-        out.append(&mut relocation_context(obj, reloc, Some(resolved)));
+        out.append(&mut relocation_context(obj, reloc, Some(resolved), Some(diff_config)));
     }
     out
 }
@@ -645,6 +653,7 @@ pub fn instruction_hover(
     obj: &Object,
     resolved: ResolvedInstructionRef,
     ins: &ParsedInstruction,
+    diff_config: &DiffObjConfig,
 ) -> Vec<HoverItem> {
     let mut out = Vec::new();
     out.push(HoverItem::Text {
@@ -687,13 +696,14 @@ pub fn instruction_hover(
         out.append(&mut relocation_hover(obj, reloc, None));
         let bytes = obj.symbol_data(reloc.relocation.target_symbol).unwrap_or(&[]);
         if let Some(ty) = obj.arch.guess_data_type(resolved, bytes) {
-            let literals = display_ins_data_literals(obj, resolved);
+            let mut literals = display_ins_data_literals(obj, resolved);
+            literals.retain(|lit_info| !lit_info.hidden(Some(diff_config)));
             if !literals.is_empty() {
                 out.push(HoverItem::Separator);
-                for (literal, label_override, _) in literals {
+                for lit_info in literals {
                     out.push(HoverItem::Text {
-                        label: label_override.unwrap_or_else(|| ty.to_string()),
-                        value: format!("{literal:?}"),
+                        label: lit_info.label_override.unwrap_or_else(|| ty.to_string()),
+                        value: format!("{:?}", lit_info.literal),
                         color: HoverItemColor::Normal,
                     });
                 }
@@ -880,7 +890,7 @@ pub fn display_ins_data_labels(obj: &Object, resolved: ResolvedInstructionRef) -
 pub fn display_ins_data_literals(
     obj: &Object,
     resolved: ResolvedInstructionRef,
-) -> Vec<(String, Option<String>, Option<String>)> {
+) -> Vec<LiteralInfo> {
     let Some(reloc) = resolved.relocation else {
         return Vec::new();
     };
diff --git a/objdiff-core/src/jobs/objdiff.rs b/objdiff-core/src/jobs/objdiff.rs
index 595ba187..02a6b117 100644
--- a/objdiff-core/src/jobs/objdiff.rs
+++ b/objdiff-core/src/jobs/objdiff.rs
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ fn run_build(
     Ok(Box::new(ObjDiffResult {
         first_status,
         second_status,
-        first_obj: first_obj.and_then(|o| result.left.map(|d| (o, d))),
-        second_obj: second_obj.and_then(|o| result.right.map(|d| (o, d))),
+        first_obj: first_obj.zip(result.left),
+        second_obj: second_obj.zip(result.right),
         time,
     }))
 }
diff --git a/objdiff-core/tests/common.rs b/objdiff-core/tests/common.rs
index 330a5da2..d0e9d409 100644
--- a/objdiff-core/tests/common.rs
+++ b/objdiff-core/tests/common.rs
@@ -65,10 +65,9 @@ pub fn assert_literal_value(
     let ins_ref = diff.instruction_rows[ins_row_idx].ins_ref.unwrap();
     let resolved = obj.resolve_instruction_ref(symbol_idx, ins_ref).unwrap();
     let literals = objdiff_core::diff::display::display_ins_data_literals(obj, resolved);
-    let target_literal = literals
-        .iter()
-        .find(|(_, label_override, _)| *label_override == Some(literal_label.to_string()));
+    let target_literal =
+        literals.iter().find(|lit_info| lit_info.label_override == Some(literal_label.to_string()));
     assert_ne!(target_literal, None);
-    let (literal, _, _) = target_literal.unwrap();
-    assert_eq!(literal, literal_value);
+    let lit_info = target_literal.unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(lit_info.literal, literal_value);
 }
diff --git a/objdiff-gui/src/views/frame_history.rs b/objdiff-gui/src/views/frame_history.rs
index 711fce6c..d7c6031d 100644
--- a/objdiff-gui/src/views/frame_history.rs
+++ b/objdiff-gui/src/views/frame_history.rs
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ impl FrameHistory {
 
         let rect = rect.shrink(4.0);
         let color = ui.visuals().text_color();
-        let line_stroke = Stroke::new(1.0, color);
+        let line_stroke = Stroke::new(1.0_f32, color);
 
         if let Some(pointer_pos) = response.hover_pos() {
             let y = pointer_pos.y;
diff --git a/objdiff-gui/src/views/function_diff.rs b/objdiff-gui/src/views/function_diff.rs
index eba7f181..b00377f5 100644
--- a/objdiff-gui/src/views/function_diff.rs
+++ b/objdiff-gui/src/views/function_diff.rs
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ fn ins_hover_ui(
     ui.scope(|ui| {
         ui.style_mut().override_text_style = Some(egui::TextStyle::Monospace);
         ui.style_mut().wrap_mode = Some(egui::TextWrapMode::Wrap);
-        hover_items_ui(ui, instruction_hover(obj, resolved, &ins), appearance);
+        hover_items_ui(ui, instruction_hover(obj, resolved, &ins, diff_config), appearance);
     });
 }
 
@@ -128,7 +128,12 @@ fn ins_context_menu(
     ui.scope(|ui| {
         ui.style_mut().override_text_style = Some(egui::TextStyle::Monospace);
         ui.style_mut().wrap_mode = Some(egui::TextWrapMode::Truncate);
-        context_menu_items_ui(ui, instruction_context(obj, resolved, &ins), column, appearance);
+        context_menu_items_ui(
+            ui,
+            instruction_context(obj, resolved, &ins, diff_config),
+            column,
+            appearance,
+        );
     });
 }
 
diff --git a/objdiff-wasm/src/api.rs b/objdiff-wasm/src/api.rs
index ed1c686a..3704626b 100644
--- a/objdiff-wasm/src/api.rs
+++ b/objdiff-wasm/src/api.rs
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ impl GuestDisplay for Component {
                 })];
             }
         };
-        diff::display::instruction_context(obj, resolved, &ins)
+        diff::display::instruction_context(obj, resolved, &ins, &diff_config)
             .into_iter()
             .map(ContextItem::from)
             .collect()
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ impl GuestDisplay for Component {
                 })];
             }
         };
-        diff::display::instruction_hover(obj, resolved, &ins)
+        diff::display::instruction_hover(obj, resolved, &ins, &diff_config)
             .into_iter()
             .map(HoverItem::from)
             .collect()
diff --git a/objdiff-wasm/src/logging.rs b/objdiff-wasm/src/logging.rs
index 1c003aa4..4808bf02 100644
--- a/objdiff-wasm/src/logging.rs
+++ b/objdiff-wasm/src/logging.rs
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ pub fn init(level: wasi_logging::Level) {
 }
 
 #[cfg(not(feature = "std"))]
+#[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
 #[panic_handler]
 fn panic(info: &core::panic::PanicInfo) -> ! {
     use alloc::string::ToString;