Package

cuid

Collision-resistant ids optimized for horizontal scaling and performance. For node and browsers.

v3.0.0, 24 Jan 2023MITCommonJSTypes: BundledCryptography and hashing

$ npm install cuid

Deprecated on npm

Cuid and other k-sortable and non-cryptographic ids (Ulid, ObjectId, KSUID, all UUIDs) are all insecure. Use @paralleldrive/cuid2 instead.

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 584.5k; +44% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 3 years ago; v3.0.0
GitHub stars: -
Open issues / PRs: - / -
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: -

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

584,452 downloads last week, 2,838,711 in the last month. The 12-month change of +44% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 032 in total
Latest version: 3.0.0, 24 Jan 20233 years ago
First published: 12 Sept 2012
Last push to GitHub: -
Repository archived: -
Open issues: -
Open pull requests: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: -
Dependents on npm: -

Major versions

v3 first release 3.0.0, 24 Jan 2023
v2 first release 2.0.1, 4 Jan 2018
v1 first release 1.0.1, 12 Sept 2012

Recent releases

Version	Published
3.0.0	24 Jan 2023
2.1.8	16 Dec 2019
2.1.6	9 Feb 2019
2.1.5	8 Feb 2019
2.1.4	28 Aug 2018
2.1.3	21 Aug 2018
2.1.2	15 Aug 2018
2.1.1	1 Apr 2018
2.1.0	8 Feb 2018
2.0.2	4 Jan 2018
2.0.1	4 Jan 2018
1.3.8	25 Aug 2015
1.3.5	25 Aug 2015
1.3.4	25 Aug 2015

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 28 kB
Dependencies (0): None

Install

npm install cuid

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/cuid@3.0.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/cuid@3.0.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/cuid@3.0.0

Alternatives

Package	Weekly downloads	Gzip	Last release	Module	Comparison
short-uuid Create and translate standard UUIDs with shorter formats.	446.3k	-	9 months ago	CommonJS	-
short-unique-id Generate random or sequential UUID of any length	968.9k	-	1 year ago	CommonJS	-

Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Not indexed (discovery only): deprecated; GitHub data not fetched yet.