uuidjs/uuid

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15341 stars · 990 forks observed · 2026-10-19

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

A zero-dependency JavaScript/TypeScript library for generating and working with RFC9562 (formerly RFC4122) UUIDs, supporting all UUID versions including timestamp-based v6 and v7. It runs across Node.js, browsers, and React Native, and also ships a small CLI utility.

Use cases

• generate random uuid v4 in javascript
• create timestamp-ordered uuid v7 for database keys
• generate uuids in react native or expo
• validate and detect version of a uuid string
• generate namespace-based uuid v5 from a name
• convert uuid v1 to v6
• generate uuids from the command line

When to choose

• you need RFC-compliant UUID generation in JavaScript or TypeScript
• you need all UUID versions including v6 and v7
• you need a cross-platform solution (Node, browser, React Native)
• you want a zero-dependency, tree-shakable package

When to avoid

• your runtime only supports CommonJS and you cannot migrate to ESM (uuid@12+ dropped CommonJS)
• you need UUIDs in a non-JavaScript language
• you need non-RFC custom identifier formats

Facets

library · maturity stable

serialization developer-tools cli developer-tools web-development cross-platform browser cross-platform cli uuid guid rfc9562 rfc4122 typescript zero-dependency tree-shakable nodejs

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