v4 is fully random. v7 starts with a millisecond timestamp, so IDs sort by creation time — much better for database primary keys.

A 26-character, time-sortable ID using Crockford Base32. Like UUID v7, it is ordered by creation time but shorter and URL-friendly.

They use crypto.getRandomValues, the browser’s cryptographically secure generator.

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01a13bc1-1126-70c3-93ac-96d333720028
01a13bc1-1126-7ba9-81b2-33286f9b3f20
01a13bc1-1126-7131-8c92-11aa09a5f552
01a13bc1-1126-7dc2-904a-3a49c6ffaa8a
01a13bc1-1126-7716-9f5c-251c646ffaac
01a13bc1-1126-7071-8da6-56c3e2b1ece1
01a13bc1-1126-71f7-a94d-385ad095b4e2
01a13bc1-1126-7dc8-92dc-a2d18508a363
01a13bc1-1126-79f3-9b04-a4931a7f820d
01a13bc1-1126-7112-b5c7-b96bc1383e4f

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