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UUID v7 Generator

Generate time-ordered UUID v7 identifiers, ideal as database keys

Generate version-7 UUIDs — identifiers that begin with a Unix millisecond timestamp, so they sort in creation order while remaining globally unique. That time-ordering makes them excellent database primary keys: sequential inserts keep B-tree indexes compact instead of fragmenting them the way random v4 UUIDs do. Everything is generated locally in your browser.

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How to use UUID v7 Generator

  1. Choose how many UUID v7 values you want to generate.
  2. Pick the casing, or strip the hyphens, to match your storage format.
  3. Click generate to produce the identifiers locally in your browser.
  4. Copy a single value or the whole batch to your clipboard.

Frequently asked questions

How is UUID v7 different from v4?

Version 4 is fully random, so values land in arbitrary order. Version 7 places a Unix-millisecond timestamp in the high bits and fills the rest with randomness, so values stay unique but sort chronologically by creation time.

Why are time-ordered UUIDs better for databases?

Sequential, time-ordered keys keep index inserts near the end of the B-tree, which reduces page splits and fragmentation and improves write performance compared with random v4 keys.

Are they still unique within the same millisecond?

Yes. Within a given millisecond the remaining bits are random, so collisions are astronomically unlikely even at very high generation rates.

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