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Convert text to URL-friendly slug. Noindex alias of slug-generator; prefer slug-generator for full workflow. Input: text ≤10MB. Returns slug. 100% client-side.
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Converts any string into a URL-friendly slug in real-time. Options include lowercasing, replacing spaces with hyphens, removing special characters, and truncating to a maximum length. The slug updates instantly as you type or change options.
Generating clean URL slugs from titles or arbitrary text is a common need in web development. Manual slug creation is error-prone and inconsistent, especially with special characters and non-English text.
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Blog authors creating URL slugs from post titles, CMS developers building slug generators, SEO specialists creating clean URLs, and any developer who needs URL-safe identifiers.
Type or paste any text into the input field
Toggle options: lowercase, spaces to hyphens, remove special chars
Set a max length of 0 for no truncation, or specify a character limit
The slug updates in real-time as you type or change options
Click Copy to copy the slug to your clipboard
"Hello World! This is a Post #1..." → hello-world-this-is-a-post-1"2024: My Year in Review" → 2024-my-year-in-review"Café & Résumé: A Guide" → cafe-resume-a-guideDoes this handle Unicode or accented characters?
Accented characters are preserved unless Remove Special Chars is enabled, which may strip them.
Can I use this for file names?
Yes, but be aware some file systems have additional restrictions beyond URL safety.
What happens with multiple consecutive spaces or hyphens?
They are collapsed into a single hyphen automatically.
Authoritative specifications, standards, and in-depth reading for String to Slug Converter.
Generate URL slugs from titles with lowercase rules. Use as default slug tool; slugify-string is a noindex alias. Input: text ≤10MB. Returns slug string. 100% client-side.
Obfuscate strings with masking and reversible transforms. Use when hiding PII in demos; for hashing use hash-generator. Input: text ≤10MB. Returns obfuscated text. 100% client-side.
Reverse text by characters (grapheme-safe for emoji), words, or lines.
Count characters, words, lines, and bytes. Use for quick length checks; for full stats use word-counter. Input: text ≤10MB. Returns counts. 100% client-side.
Compute similarity % and Levenshtein distance between strings. Use for fuzzy match scoring; for visual diff use text-diff-visual. Input: two strings ≤10MB. Returns similarity + distance. 100% client-side.
Count words, characters, and sentences. Get reading time and Flesch score as you type.
Sort lines alphabetically and remove duplicates. Use when cleaning lists; for comparing two texts use text-diff-visual. Input: text lines ≤10MB. Returns sorted unique lines. 100% client-side.
Preview rendered Markdown without editing. Use for quick read-only preview; for editing use markdown-editor, for HTML output copy use markdown-to-html. Input: Markdown ≤10MB. Returns rendered HTML preview. 100% client-side.