A highly performant unique identifier generator.
Use the npm command:
$ npm install nuid
const NUID = require('nuid');
let nuid = NUID.next();
// Generate a new crypto/rand seeded prefix.
// Generally not needed, happens automatically.
NUID.reset();
NUID needs to be very fast to generate and be truly unique, all while being entropy pool friendly. NUID uses 12 bytes of crypto generated data (entropy draining), and 10 bytes of pseudo-random sequential data that increments with a pseudo-random increment.
Total length of a NUID string is 22 bytes of base 36 ascii text, so 36^22 or 17324272922341479351919144385642496 possibilities.
Support policy for Nodejs versions follows Nodejs release support. We will support and build node-nats on even Nodejs versions that are current or in maintenance.
Unless otherwise noted, the NATS source files are distributed under the Apache Version 2.0 license found in the LICENSE file.
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NUID - A highly performant unique identifier generator.
The npm package nuid receives a total of 25,179 weekly downloads. As such, nuid popularity was classified as popular.
We found that nuid 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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