Package

shortid

Amazingly short non-sequential url-friendly unique id generator.

v2.2.17, 23 Jan 2025MITCommonJSTypes: NoneCryptography and hashing

$ npm install shortid

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 803.3k; +7% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 1; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 1 year ago; v2.2.17
GitHub stars: 5.7k; 252 forks
Open issues / PRs: 15 / 1
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0

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.

803,280 downloads last week, 3,826,709 in the last month. The 12-month change of +7% 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: 2.2.17, 23 Jan 20251 year ago
First published: 19 Dec 2011
Last push to GitHub: 23 Jan 2025609 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 15
Open pull requests: 1
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: -

Major versions

v2 first release 2.0.0, 21 Jul 2013
v1 first release 1.0.0, 19 Dec 2011

Recent releases

Version	Published
2.2.17	23 Jan 2025
2.2.16	21 Oct 2020
2.2.15	6 Sept 2019
2.2.14	4 Nov 2018
2.2.13	16 Aug 2018
2.2.12	12 Jul 2018
2.2.11	9 Jul 2018
2.2.10	8 Jul 2018
2.2.9	8 Jul 2018
2.2.8	5 Mar 2017
2.2.7	5 Mar 2017
2.2.6	3 Apr 2016
2.2.5	3 Apr 2016
2.2.4	17 Oct 2015

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 21 kB
Dependencies (1): nanoid

Install

npm install shortid

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/shortid@2.2.17/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/shortid@2.2.17/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/shortid@2.2.17

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

Indexability: Indexed.