Timeflake, 128-bit roughly-ordered UUIDs
Timeflake is a 128-bit, roughly-ordered, URL-safe UUID. - timeflake/README.md at master · anthonynsimon/timeflake
Timeflake, 128-bit roughly-ordered UUIDs launched on January 23, 2020 with 10 votes, #886 of 3,486 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.
In plain words
Timeflake is a 128-bit unique identifier system designed to generate roughly-ordered UUIDs. It prioritizes timestamps within identifiers, making them sortable by time while maintaining uniqueness. The tool is useful for developers building distributed systems, databases, or applications that need both temporal ordering and identifier uniqueness. It was released in 2020 and is available on GitHub for those requiring a practical alternative to standard UUID generation methods.
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