Alternatives

Products that do what Unicode Trust on First Use does

1. 1US
   unicode.style▲125

   2018 · unicode.style

2. 21B
   128-bit, roughly-ordered, URL-safe UUIDs▲205

   2021 · github.com

3. 3PA
   PAST, a secure alternative to JWT▲362

   2018 · github.com

4. 4FU
   Faster UTF-8 validator▲122

   2019 · github.com

5. 5IB
   Inspired by a HN comment, half stars proposed for Unicode [pdf]▲55

   2016 · files.righto.com

6. 6IM
   I made a better search for Unicode characters▲9

   2020 · glyphfinder.com

7. 7AS
   A simple hack to highlight questionable unicode▲5

   2015 · unicode-highlight.herokuapp.com

8. 8HS
   High-speed UTF-8 validation in Rust▲127

   2021 · github.com

9. 9PV
   Password validity hinting▲58

   2012 · swapped.cc

10. 10UO
    UnicodeForUs, open-source repository of fun unicode characters▲5

    2012 · unicodefor.us

11. 11TF
    Two-faced URLs▲85

    2011 · brokenthings.org

12. 12OS
    Ots – share a secret via one-time URL▲77

    2021 · github.com

13. 13ZD
    Zero dependency unicode-aware string tools for Node.js▲9

    2016 · github.com

14. 14UL
    Unicode Lookup – A fast, simple, and quick Unicode lookup tool▲11

    2021 · unicode.emnudge.dev

15. 15OT
    On the fly color scheme selection for rxvt-unicode▲32

    2019 · gitlab.com

16. 162A
    2FA, a one-file 2-factor authentication app written in Python▲8

    2020 · gist.github.com

17. 17OO
    Obsidian - OTP Authenticator▲36

    2021 · obsidianapp.io

18. 18MA
    Moon, an universal code-interchange format▲11

    2017 · github.com

19. 19TA
    Twofu: A Two-Factor Authenticator Command-Line App▲11

    2016 · github.com

20. 20LT
    Logo tip - I used unicode characters for our logo.▲9

    Hi, I'm learning to keep things simple. I'm on startup no. 2 and have just put up a sign-up and twitter page. For the twitter page I needed a profile pic or logo of some sort so I've hacked together a little logo using unicode characters. Have a look: https://twitter.com/#!/TheSuperOwl I think it looks quite cute, it's a temporary thing until we get a designer on board. The 2 founders are not designers (product person & developer) so we don't want this to hold us back with getting things going. It's quite fun - I think we can play around with the unicode characters in the meantime. For…

    2011

21. 21EM
    Easy magic-link authentication – Cierge▲11

    2018 · github.com

22. 22IM
    I made a faster way to pick 30k+ Unicodes▲6

    2022 · getmumu.com

23. 23TA
    txtpic, a Rust project to generate Unicode text from images▲5

    2017 · github.com

24. 24US
    Unicode symbols that make numbers look cool anywhere▲6

    Oct 2025 · fontgen.cool

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