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24 alternatives to My Nuclear RNG (Random Number Generator)

Any suggestion is welcome: https://github.com/gbonacini/nuclear_random_number_generator

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. My Nuclear RNG (Random Number Generator) launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Morning HN. Random number generation feels is a somewhat underrepresented topic in the C++ realm. There is a lot of questionable info about it found online and even the standard library is quite behind the times in terms of it's algorithms. It suffers from trying to accommodate sometimes impractical standard requirements and has several ways of getting significantly bad statistical results. This leaves a lot easily achievable performance & quality on the table. So, being a mathematician who mostly works with stochastic models and wants these models to run fast and well, I embarked on a…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Like Lorem Ipsum, but for people.

    2014 · randomuser.me · its alternatives →

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    Pseudorandom generator written in Go using CPU context switch - maxamel/BitGenGo

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    It is based on phase noise, consumes less than 60 LUT4s/FFs and achieves up to 7.99 bits of entropy per byte. Feel free to comment if you have any questions, ideas or thoughts :)

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    LoopMix128 is a fast C PRNG I wrote for non-cryptographic tasks. GitHub (MIT): https://github.com/danielcota/LoopMix128 Highlights: * ~0.37 ns/value (GCC 11.4, -O3 -march=native), 98% faster than xoroshiro128++ and PCG64. * Passes TestU01 BigCrush & PractRand (32TB). * Guaranteed 2^128 period. * Proven injective (192-bit state) via Z3 SMT solver; allows parallel streams. * Core requires only stdint.h. Seeking feedback on design, use cases, or further testing.

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi all, I am not an expert in nuclear energy but I've always wondered and found it difficult to get a clear picture about the amount of nuclear stations located in a specific region. So I built this tool that shows all the nuclear plants in the world, scaled by their capacity and with indication of their status. Clustering is enabled by default and allows to see the sum potential capacity of a region. It's a fun tool for me: e.g. disable clustering, scale circle radius to 70%, go to EU, and you'll see Germany has shutdown all of the stations. Ofc it's a widely known fact, but what came to my…

    2024 · nuclearstations.com · its alternatives →

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    :bird: :game_die: Use Twitter's Search API to get random numbers - GitHub - ryanmcdermott/birdseed: :bird: Use Twitter's Search API to get random numbers

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Random Number, Password, String, Date, Dice Roll & more...

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    Create & Share Random Anything Instantly

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, I'd like to share DualMix128, a pseudo-random number generator I developed. It's written in C and achieves very high speed while maintaining strong statistical properties for non-cryptographic use. GitHub (MIT License): https://github.com/the-othernet/DualMix128 Key points: * *Fast:* Benchmarked at ~0.36 ns per 64-bit generation on GCC 11.4 (-O3 -march=native). This was over 2x faster than `xoroshiro128++` (~0.74 ns) and competitive with `wyrand` (~0.36 ns) in the same tests. (Benchmark code/results in repo). * *Robust:* Passes the full TestU01 BigCrush suite…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    :game_die: Generate "truly" random numbers (WARNING: NOT RANDOM!!! The "truly" is in sarcasquotes) - jaybosamiya/true-random

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Generate passwords from real-world chaos, not Math.random()

    Jun 2026 · not-another-password-generator.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    Free 4 Digit Random Number Generator — Fast & Simple

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    A simple, random number generator built with Google

    Feb 2026 · net-da.ru · its alternatives →

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    Generate random numbers—fast, simple, and free

    2025 · randomnumberapp.com · its alternatives →

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    An experimental pseudo-random number generator prediction concept. - yutarochan/PRNGPredict

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    🎲 A Tiny and Platform-Independent True Random Number Generator for any FPGA (and ASIC). - stnolting/neoTRNG

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Probability involves a lot of extra-mathematical concepts and funny transforms. I have always had a hard time internalizing it. When I heard a couple years ago that Lemurs are actually capable of abstract math, that gave me a bit of motivation to try to finally conceptualize probability in terms of whole numbers, counts, geometric shapes, basically easy-to-remember mathematical primitives. This book might be interesting to folks interested in predictive science, research, or just anyone who may have taken probability or statistics and might like a refresher on some of the edges of these…

    2022 · leanpub.com · its alternatives →

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    Generate random birthdays in seconds — fun & easy!

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    Customizable random data generator for testing

    2015 · randomapi.com · its alternatives →

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