🆔 UUID Generator

Cryptographically random version 4 UUIDs — generated in your browser, single or bulk

About UUIDs

🆔 What a UUID is

A Universally Unique Identifier is a 128-bit value written as 36 characters (32 hex digits + 4 hyphens). "GUID" is Microsoft's name for the same thing.

🎲 Version 4 = random

V4 UUIDs are generated from 122 random bits (6 bits are fixed to mark version and variant). This tool uses your browser's cryptographic random source, not a weak pseudo-random generator.

💥 Collisions? Practically impossible

You'd need to generate about 2.7×1018 UUIDs to reach even a 50% chance of a single duplicate — generating a billion per second, that's 85 years.

🗄️ Where they're used

Database primary keys, API request IDs, filenames, distributed systems — anywhere identifiers must be created independently on many machines without coordinating.

🔒 Generated locally

UUIDs are created by your browser's crypto API on your device. Nothing is requested from or logged by our server.

🔢 Spot a v4 UUID

The third group always starts with 4 (version), and the fourth group starts with 8, 9, a or b (variant): xxxxxxxx-xxxx-4xxx-axxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx.