UUID Inspector
Paste a UUID or ULID to validate, detect version/variant, decode embedded timestamps, and compare ID formats. Need new IDs? Use the ID generator.
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About this tool
UUIDs look opaque but carry version and variant bits — v1 and v7 embed timestamps, v4 is random, ULIDs use Crockford base32. This inspector decodes what is safe to decode client-side.
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