- Small. 130 bytes (minified and gzipped). No dependencies. Size Limit controls the size.
- Fast. It is 2 times faster than UUID.
- Safe. It uses a hardware random generator. Can be used in clusters.
- Short IDs. It uses a larger alphabet than UUID (
A-Za-z0-9_-). So, ID size was reduced from 36 to 21 symbols. - Portable. Nano ID was ported to 20 programming languages.
import { nanoid } from 'nanoid'
model.id = nanoid() //=> "V1StGXR8_Z5jdHi6B-myT"Supports modern browsers, IE with Babel, Node.js, and React Native.
