matoous/go-nanoid

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1599 stars · 65 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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A Go implementation of the nanoid algorithm for generating compact, URL-safe unique identifiers using a cryptographically strong random generator. It produces 22-character IDs with the same uniqueness as UUIDs and supports custom alphabets and lengths.

Use cases

• generate short unique IDs in Go
• replace UUIDs with compact URL-safe identifiers
• generate random IDs with a custom alphabet
• create database record keys that are safe in URLs
• generate session or request identifiers
• produce compact IDs for distributed systems

When to choose

• you need compact, URL-safe unique IDs in a Go project
• you want UUID-level uniqueness in fewer characters
• you need custom alphabets or ID lengths
• you want a small, dependency-free ID generator

When to avoid

• you need IDs that integrate with database UUID support
• you want a maintained, feature-rich ID solution like typeid
• you need sequential or sortable IDs
• you require strict cryptographic guarantees beyond standard CSPRNG usage

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

security serialization developer-tools developer-tools web-development backend go cross-platform nanoid unique-id uuid-alternative random-id-generation url-safe-ids

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