idt 0.1.8

A fast, ergonomic CLI tool for working with various ID formats
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idt

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A fast, ergonomic CLI tool for working with various ID formats.

Installation

# Cargo
cargo install idt

# Homebrew
brew install sh-cho/tap/idt

# Nix (flakes)
nix run github:sh-cho/idt -- --help

Docker

# From Docker hub
docker run --rm seonghyeon/idt:{version} --help

# From GitHub Container Registry
docker run --rm ghcr.io/sh-cho/idt:{version} --help

Docker image is published to the registries below:

See installation docs for more.

Usage

# Generate IDs
idt gen uuid                      # UUIDv4 (default)
idt gen uuidv7                    # UUIDv7 (time-sortable)
idt gen ulid                      # ULID
idt gen nanoid                    # NanoID
idt gen snowflake                 # Snowflake ID

# Generate multiple IDs
idt gen uuid -n 10

# Inspect any ID
idt inspect 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000
idt inspect 01ARZ3NDEKTSV4RRFFQ69G5FAV

# Convert formats
idt convert <ID> -f hex
idt convert <ID> -f base64
idt convert <ID> -f base58

# Validate IDs
idt validate <ID>
idt validate -t uuid <ID>

# Compare two IDs
idt compare <ID1> <ID2>

# Sort IDs by timestamp
idt sort <ID>...
idt gen ulid -n 5 | idt sort --show-time

# Show supported types
idt info
idt info uuidv7

Supported ID Types

Type Sortable Time Bits Description
uuidv1 No Yes 128 Timestamp + MAC address
uuidv3 No No 128 MD5 namespace hash
uuidv4 No No 128 Random
uuidv5 No No 128 SHA-1 namespace hash
uuidv6 Yes Yes 128 Reordered timestamp
uuidv7 Yes Yes 128 Unix timestamp + random
uuid-nil - - 128 All zeros
uuid-max - - 128 All ones
ulid Yes Yes 128 Crockford Base32, lexicographically sortable
nanoid No No ~126 Compact URL-friendly ID
ksuid Yes Yes 160 K-Sortable Unique Identifier
snowflake Yes Yes 64 Twitter/Discord-style distributed ID
objectid Partial Yes 96 MongoDB ObjectId
typeid Yes Yes 128 Type-prefixed sortable ID
xid Yes Yes 96 Globally unique sortable ID
cuid Partial Yes 128 Collision-resistant ID
cuid2 No No 128 Secure collision-resistant ID
tsid Yes Yes 64 Time-sorted unique identifier

Generation Options

# UUID versions
idt gen uuid                      # v4 (default)
idt gen uuid --uuid-version 7     # v7
idt gen uuidv1                    # v1
idt gen uuidv6                    # v6
idt gen uuidv7                    # v7

# NanoID customization
idt gen nanoid --length 32
idt gen nanoid --alphabet "0123456789abcdef"

# Snowflake customization
idt gen snowflake --epoch 1420070400000    # Discord epoch
idt gen snowflake --machine-id 1
idt gen snowflake --datacenter-id 1

Output Formats

# JSON output
idt gen uuid --json
idt inspect <ID> --json --pretty

# Encoding formats
idt convert <ID> -f hex           # Hexadecimal
idt convert <ID> -f base32        # Base32
idt convert <ID> -f base58        # Base58
idt convert <ID> -f base64        # Base64
idt convert <ID> -f base64url     # URL-safe Base64
idt convert <ID> -f bits          # Binary string
idt convert <ID> -f int           # Integer
idt convert <ID> -f bytes         # Space-separated hex bytes

Examples

Generate and inspect UUIDv7:

$ idt gen uuidv7
019c04e5-6118-7b22-95cb-a10e84dad469

$ idt inspect 019c04e5-6118-7b22-95cb-a10e84dad469
UUIDV7
  019c04e5-6118-7b22-95cb-a10e84dad469

  Time (UTC)          2026-01-28T13:57:47.416Z
  Local Time (+09:00) 2026-01-28T22:57:47.416+09:00
  Version             7
  Variant             RFC4122
  Random              62 bits

  Hex                 019c04e561187b2295cba10e84dad469
  Base64              AZwE5WEYeyKVy6EOhNrUaQ==
  Int                 2139325608653621017571381452845274217

Inspect ULID:

$ idt inspect 01ARZ3NDEKTSV4RRFFQ69G5FAV
ULID
  01ARZ3NDEKTSV4RRFFQ69G5FAV

  Time (UTC)          2016-07-30T23:54:10.259Z
  Local Time (+09:00) 2016-07-31T08:54:10.259+09:00
  Random              80 bits

  Hex                 01563e3ab5d3d6764c61efb99302bd5b
  Base64              AVY+OrXT1nZMYe+5kwK9Ww==
  Int                 1777027686520646174104517696511196507

Sort IDs by timestamp:

$ idt sort --show-time 01ARZ3NDEKTSV4RRFFQ69G5FAV 01KK3ZE8GEVTC9PGC0NTY1RY03
2016-07-30T23:54:10.259Z  01ARZ3NDEKTSV4RRFFQ69G5FAV
2026-03-07T11:03:08.046Z  01KK3ZE8GEVTC9PGC0NTY1RY03

Pipe support:

idt gen uuid | idt inspect
idt gen ulid -n 100 | idt validate
idt gen ulid -n 5 | idt sort --reverse
echo "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000" | idt convert -f base64

Options

Flag Description
-n, --count Number of IDs to generate
-f, --format Output encoding format
-r, --reverse Sort in descending order
--show-time Show timestamps alongside IDs
-t, --type ID type hint
-j, --json JSON output
-p, --pretty Pretty print JSON
--no-color Disable colors

Call for contributions

This project is still in its infancy, so any contributions are welcome!

Please open an issue or a PR if you have any suggestions.

License

Licensed under either of Apache License Version 2.0 or MIT License at your option.