https://github.com/fireblade-engine/uuid
A dependency free, lightweight, fast and easy to use Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) implementation in pure Swift
https://github.com/fireblade-engine/uuid
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A dependency free, lightweight, fast and easy to use Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) implementation in pure Swift
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/fireblade-engine/uuid
- Owner: fireblade-engine
- License: mit
- Created: 2019-09-15T09:20:02.000Z (almost 7 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2025-04-07T15:40:14.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-12T09:52:59.603Z (about 1 year ago)
- Topics: library, mit-license, spm, swift, swift-package-manager, uuid
- Language: Swift
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- Size: 72.3 KB
- Stars: 4
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 3
- Open Issues: 8
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
- License: LICENSE
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# Fireblade UUID
[](LICENSE)
This is a **Swift** implementation of [Universally Unique Identifier (UUID)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier); it's **lightweight**, **fast** and **easy to use**, and complies with [RFC4122](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4122).
The module is developed and maintained as part of the [Fireblade Game Engine](https://github.com/fireblade-engine) project.
## 🚀 Getting Started
These instructions will get your copy of the project up and running on your local machine and provides a code example.
### 📋 Prerequisites
* [Swift 5.1+](https://swift.org/)
* [Swift Package Manager (SPM)](https://github.com/apple/swift-package-manager)
* [Swiftlint](https://github.com/realm/SwiftLint) for linting - (optional)
* [SwiftEnv](https://swiftenv.fuller.li/) for Swift version management - (optional)
### 💻 Installing
Fireblade UUID is available for all platforms that support [Swift 5.1+](https://swift.org/) and higher and the [Swift Package Manager (SPM)](https://github.com/apple/swift-package-manager).
Extend the following lines in your `Package.swift` file or use it to create a new project.
```swift
// swift-tools-version:5.1
import PackageDescription
let package = Package(
name: "YourPackageName",
dependencies: [
.package(url: "https://github.com/fireblade-engine/uuid.git", from: "1.1.0")
],
targets: [
.target(
name: "YourTargetName",
dependencies: ["FirebladeUUID"])
]
)
```
## 📝 Code Example
```swift
// create a UUID
let uuid = UUID()
// print a string representation
print(uuid.uuidString)
```
## ✍️ Authors
This project is currently maintained by [Christian Treffs](https://github.com/ctreffs).
See also the list of [contributors](https://github.com/fireblade-engine/uuid/contributors) who participated in this project.
## 🔏 License
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details
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