slugid is a lightweight Node.js library that creates UUID‑v4 identifiers and compresses them into 22‑character, URL‑safe Base64 “slugs”. It offers two generators—`slugid.v4()` for maximum entropy and `slugid.nice()` for slugs that safely start with an alphabetic character (useful when the ID must be passed on command lines). The package is aimed at developers who need short, web‑friendly unique identifiers for URLs, messaging keys, or other contexts where traditional 36‑character UUID strings are unwieldy.