simple_uuid

Simple, scalable UUID generation.

License

Copyright 2009-2010 Twitter, Inc. See included LICENSE file.

Features

  • pure-Ruby

  • no MAC address scraping

  • no file-based locking

This library implements UUID format version 1, as specified in RFC 4122, with jitter in place of the mac address and sequence counter.

Installation

Install the gem:

sudo gem install simple_uuid

Usage

TBD…

Reporting problems

The support forum is here.

Patches and contributions are very welcome.