@thi.ng/uuid
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Fast binary & string-based UUID v4 generation.
This package contains functionality which was previously part of and has been extracted from the @thi.ng/random package.
STABLE - used in production
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yarn add @thi.ng/uuid
ESM import:
import * as uuid from "@thi.ng/uuid";
Browser ESM import:
<script type="module" src="https://esm.run/@thi.ng/uuid"></script>
For Node.js REPL:
const uuid = await import("@thi.ng/uuid");
Package sizes (brotli'd, pre-treeshake): ESM: 194 bytes
TODO
If this project contributes to an academic publication, please cite it as:
@misc{thing-uuid,
title = "@thi.ng/uuid",
author = "Karsten Schmidt",
note = "https://thi.ng/uuid",
year = 2020
}
© 2020 - 2026 Karsten Schmidt // Apache License 2.0
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Fast binary & string-based UUID v4 generation
We found that @thi.ng/uuid demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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