A tiny (118 bytes), secure URL-friendly unique string ID generator
Nanoid is a tiny (118 bytes), secure URL-friendly unique string ID generator. Licensed under MIT, it is extremely popular in the JavaScript ecosystem with 139.0M weekly downloads.
Nanoid has an excellent overall health score of 85/100. Its strongest dimension is maintenance (100/100), while quality (50/100) is the area with most room for improvement. This package is well-maintained and actively used.
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nanoid vs ULID vs cuid2 vs UUID compared for unique ID generation in 2026. Performance, collision resistance, sortability, URL safety, and which ID library to.
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