For years, the go-to move for generating a UUID in Node.js or the browser was installing the uuid...
For years, the go-to move for generating a UUID in Node.js or the browser was installing the uuid package.
But if you are targeting modern environments, you can ditch the extra dependency entirely. Modern browsers and Node.js (19+) have native cryptographic support built right into the crypto global module.
Here is how you generate a cryptographically secure UUID v4 natively:
// Native Web Crypto API (Runs in browser and modern Node.js)
const uuid = crypto.randomUUID();
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