Fast uuid v4

Very fast UUID version 4 variant 1 as specified in RFC-4122 generator using c++ lib

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Install:

You also need to install:

• Node 10+
• python
• g++
• and make
  

For more details see node-gyp

$ npm i fast-uuidv4
$ yarn add fast-uuidv4

usage:

const { uuidV4 } = require('fast-uuidv4');
const uuid = uuidV4()
console.log(uuid) // c6bc3d9f-3e2c-4170-99e7-b9809f229ecb

Benchmarks:

• uuid => https://www.npmjs.com/package/uuid
• crypto nodejs => Nodejs Vanilla
• fast-uuidv4 => This package

name	result
uuid	x 118,166 ops/sec ±5.24% (63 runs sampled)
crypto nodejs	x 129,021 ops/sec ±0.81% (55 runs sampled)
fast-uuidv4	x 175,673 ops/sec ±15.86% (29 runs sampled)

Run Benchmark:

$ git clone https://github.com/z22092/fast-uuidv4.git & cd fast-uuidv4/benchmarks
$ npm i & npm start