# banuid
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A fast, secure, and stateless library for generating Instagram-style lexicographically sortable 64-bit unique identifiers. Zero dependencies, thread-safe, and optimized for distributed systems.
## Features
- **64-bit Instagram-style IDs**: Time-ordered, lexicographically sortable identifiers
- **Auto-derived shard IDs**: Stateless generation using device and process characteristics
- **Thread-safe**: Concurrent generation without duplicates
- **Zero dependencies**: Pure Rust with no external crates
- **Fast**: ~10+ million IDs/second per shard
- **69-year range**: Custom epoch starting from 2024-01-01
## ID Structure
Each 64-bit ID is composed of:
| Timestamp | 41 | Milliseconds since 2024-01-01 (~69 years) |
| Shard ID | 13 | Auto-derived from machine/process (8,192 max) |
| Sequence | 10 | Per-shard counter, rolls over at 1,024/ms |
This design provides:
- **Time ordering**: IDs sort by creation time without additional data
- **Distributed uniqueness**: Different machines/processes get different shard IDs
- **High throughput**: Up to 1,024 IDs per millisecond per shard
## Installation
Add this to your `Cargo.toml`:
```toml
[dependencies]
banuid = "1.1.0"
```
## Usage
### Simple API (Recommended)
```rust
use banuid;
fn main() {
// Generate IDs with auto-derived shard ID - simplest approach
let id1 = banuid::generate();
let id2 = banuid::generate();
println!("ID 1: {}", id1);
println!("ID 2: {}", id2);
// Parse components using convenient free functions
let timestamp = banuid::parse_timestamp(id1);
let shard_id = banuid::parse_shard_id(id1);
let sequence = banuid::parse_sequence(id1);
println!("Created at: {} ms since epoch", timestamp);
println!("Shard ID: {}", shard_id);
println!("Sequence: {}", sequence);
}
```
### Basic Usage (Auto-derived Shard)
```rust
use banuid::IdGenerator;
fn main() {
// Creates generator with auto-derived shard ID
let generator = IdGenerator::new();
// Generate IDs
let id1 = generator.next_id();
let id2 = generator.next_id();
println!("ID 1: {}", id1);
println!("ID 2: {}", id2);
// Extract components
let timestamp = IdGenerator::extract_timestamp(id1);
let shard_id = IdGenerator::extract_shard_id(id1);
let sequence = IdGenerator::extract_sequence(id1);
println!("Created at: {} ms since epoch", timestamp);
println!("Shard ID: {}", shard_id);
println!("Sequence: {}", sequence);
}
```
### Manual Shard ID
```rust
use banuid::IdGenerator;
fn main() {
// Use specific shard ID (0-8191) - old API
let generator = IdGenerator::with_shard_id(42);
let id = generator.next_id();
assert_eq!(IdGenerator::extract_shard_id(id), 42);
// Or use the new generate() method
let id2 = generator.generate();
assert_eq!(IdGenerator::parse_shard_id(id2), 42);
// Both extraction methods work
assert_eq!(IdGenerator::extract_shard_id(id2), 42);
assert_eq!(IdGenerator::parse_shard_id(id2), 42);
}
```
### Thread-Safe Generation
```rust
use banuid::IdGenerator;
use std::sync::Arc;
use std::thread;
fn main() {
let generator = Arc::new(IdGenerator::new());
let mut handles = vec![];
// Spawn 10 threads generating 100 IDs each
for _ in 0..10 {
let gen = Arc::clone(&generator);
handles.push(thread::spawn(move || {
(0..100).map(|_| gen.generate()).collect::<Vec<_>>()
}));
}
// All 1000 IDs will be unique
let mut ids = std::collections::HashSet::new();
for handle in handles {
for id in handle.join().unwrap() {
assert!(ids.insert(id), "Duplicate ID found!");
}
}
assert_eq!(ids.len(), 1000);
}
```
### API Comparison
| **Use case** | Quick ID generation without configuration | Custom shard ID or multiple generators |
| **Shard ID** | Auto-derived from environment | Configurable |
| **Instance** | Single shared generator | Multiple instances allowed |
| **Performance** | Thread-safe shared instance | Per-instance thread-safe |
| **Syntax** | `banuid::generate()` | `generator.generate()` |
Choose the simple API for most use cases. Use the generator API when you need custom shard IDs or multiple independent generators.
## How It Works
### Shard ID Derivation
The shard ID (13 bits) is automatically derived from:
1. **`HOSTNAME` environment variable** - For containerized environments (Kubernetes, Docker)
2. **`/etc/machine-id`** - Linux machine identifier
3. **Process ID** - Ensures different processes get different shards
These components are hashed using FNV-1a to produce a deterministic 13-bit value.
**Benefits:**
- Stateless - no configuration needed
- Survives process restarts (same machine gets consistent shard ID)
- Works in containers without manual configuration
### Performance
- **Generation rate**: ~10+ million IDs/second per shard
- **Memory overhead**: ~40 bytes per generator instance
- **Thread contention**: Minimal - uses short-lived mutex locks
### ID Properties
| Format | Unsigned 64-bit integer |
| Time range | ~69 years (2024-2093) |
| Max throughput | 1,024 IDs/ms per shard |
| Max unique shards | 8,192 |
| Sortable | Yes (chronologically) |
| Duplicates | None (across shards and time) |
## Use Cases
- **Database primary keys** - Sortable, compact (8 bytes), no coordination needed
- **Distributed systems** - Unique IDs across services without central coordination
- **Event sourcing** - Chronologically ordered event IDs
- **Caching** - Time-ordered cache keys for efficient eviction
- **Message queues** - Message IDs with built-in ordering
## Comparison
| Size | 64 bits | 128 bits | 64 bits |
| Sortable | Yes | No | Yes |
| Dependencies | 0 | 0 (std) | Varies |
| Coordination | None | None | Zookeeper (optional)|
| Time embedded | Yes | No | Yes |
| Throughput | High | Very High | High |
## Safety & Security
- **No collisions**: Guaranteed unique within a shard per millisecond
- **Non-predictable**: Sequence number prevents simple enumeration attacks
- **No side effects**: Pure generation with no network or disk access
- **Thread-safe**: Safe for concurrent use across threads
## License
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.
## Contributing
Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.
## Acknowledgments
Inspired by Instagram's ID generation scheme described in their engineering blog post "Sharding & IDs at Instagram" (2012).