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Random Text Generator

Generate random strings from a character set you choose.

Runs entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded

Frequently asked questions

Are these strings cryptographically random?

Yes. They come from crypto.getRandomValues rather than Math.random, and characters are drawn without the modulo bias that makes early characters in an alphabet more likely.

Can I use these as passwords?

You can, but the password generator is the better tool for that — it guarantees at least one character from each set you enable, and shows an entropy estimate.

What is the custom alphabet for?

Generating strings from a fixed set of characters, such as hex digits (0123456789abcdef) or a coupon-code alphabet that omits look-alikes. When set, it replaces the checkboxes entirely. Duplicate characters are ignored so each one stays equally likely.

Random strings for testing and identifiers

Random strings turn up constantly in development: seeding a test database, filling a form to check field validation, generating coupon codes, or producing sample data of a particular shape. This generator produces them in bulk, from whatever alphabet you specify.

The randomness is cryptographic. That matters less for test fixtures than for passwords, but there is no reason to use a weaker source, and it means these strings are safe to use for anything that needs to be unguessable — invite codes, temporary tokens, one-time links.

Choosing an alphabet

Longer alphabets pack more entropy into fewer characters, but they are harder to read aloud or type. For anything a person will handle, dropping the ambiguous pairs — 0 and O, 1 and l and I — costs a fraction of a bit per character and eliminates a whole category of support ticket. Use the custom field for that: 23456789ABCDEFGHJKMNPQRSTUVWXYZ is a common choice.

For standard identifiers use the UUID generator. For readable placeholder prose use the Lorem Ipsum generator.

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