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01JAZ4XK9M3Q7R8T2V5W6Y0B1C

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Built around ULID

A ULID sorts by creation time. The same site also covers UUID, NanoID, CUID, Snowflake, tokens and JSON.

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Which ID should you use?

ULID vs UUID

Why ULID is better than UUID in many situations?

ULID

Recommended

Time Sortable

The first 10 characters encode a millisecond timestamp, so it sorts by time

Crockford's Base32

More efficient encoding, case insensitive, no special characters

Monotonicity Option

Can generate monotonically increasing values for the same timestamp

Human Readable

Easier to debug and read in logs and databases

ULID Example:

01ARZ3NDEKTSV4RRFFQ69G5FAV

UUID

UUID v4 has no time order

A random UUID v4 does not encode a timestamp. UUID v7 does

Hex Encoding

Less efficient, requires more characters for same information

No Monotonicity

No built-in mechanism for monotonically increasing values

Less Readable

Harder to distinguish and identify in logs and databases

UUID Example:

123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000

Performance Comparison

Generation Speed (Higher is better)ULID is the fastest
ULID
~2.5M/sec
UUIDv4
~1.7M/sec
UUIDv7
~1.4M/sec
String Length (Fewer characters is cleaner)ULID is 27% more compact
ULID
26 chars
UUIDv4
36 chars
UUIDv7
36 chars
Database Write Performance (Time-ordered index efficiency)ULID & UUIDv7 prevent page splits
ULID
0% Frag
UUIDv7
0% Frag
UUIDv4
98% Frag

Code samples.

Samples you can copy for languages already on this page.

Code Examples

Here are some code examples to help you get started

ulid_examples.sh
JavaScript
// Node.js / Browser
// Installation: npm install @ulid/javascript

import { ulid } from '@ulid/javascript';

// Generate a new ULID
const myUlid = ulid(); // "01F8MECHZX3TBDSZ7XR8H8J1R4"

// Create ULID with custom timestamp (milliseconds)
const customTimestamp = 1616239022000;
const ulidWithCustomTime = ulid(customTimestamp);

// Create monotonically increasing ULIDs (for multiple IDs in the same ms)
import { monotonicFactory } from '@ulid/javascript';
const monotonic = monotonicFactory();
const ulid1 = monotonic(); // "01F8MECHZX3TBDSZ7XR8H8J1R4"
const ulid2 = monotonic(); // "01F8MECHZX3TBDSZ7XR8H8J1R5" (incremented)

// Extract timestamp from ULID
const timestamp = ulid.decode(myUlid).time;
console.log(new Date(timestamp).toISOString());

JavaScript:npm install @ulid/javascript

Questions.

How is a ULID different from a UUID?

A ULID is 26 Crockford Base32 characters. The first 10 encode a millisecond timestamp, so a later ID sorts after an earlier one. A random UUID v4 is 36 characters and has no time order. This site can also generate UUID v7, which does include a timestamp.

Does what I paste leave the browser?

Tool processing stays in the browser. Pasted IDs, tokens and text are not uploaded and are not stored on a server. Theme and generation history stay in localStorage on your device. Google Analytics loads only if you accept the cookie banner. Cloudflare Web Analytics is cookie-less and records page views. See the privacy policy.

Is Idwright free?

Yes. No account is required.

Who maintains the site?

Quyen Quach, in Vietnam. Email [email protected]. The public GitHub profile linked from this site is github.com/vinhquyen.

Which languages are supported?

English, Vietnamese, Chinese and Russian.

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