How to use Slug Generator
Paste your input on the left, choose the options you want, and the output appears instantly on the right. Everything runs in your browser — none of your data is sent to a server.
- Paste or type your input in the
INPUTpanel - The output regenerates automatically as you type
- Use
Copyto put the result in your clipboard - Click
Sampleto load a working example
What is Slug Generator?
Slug Generator converts text into URL-friendly slugs by normalizing Unicode, lowercasing, removing special characters, and replacing spaces with a configurable separator (default: hyphen). Supports max length truncation. This tool is part of santekno's developer toolbox — a curated collection of utilities built for engineers who care about speed, privacy, and simplicity.
Common use cases
- Debugging API payloads and integration issues
- Inspecting tokens, hashes, or encoded strings during development
- Generating fixtures and sample data for tests
- Sharing readable output with teammates in code reviews
FAQ
A URL slug is the human-readable part of a URL that identifies a specific page, e.g., /my-blog-post.
Special characters and accents are removed or normalized. Only alphanumeric characters and the separator are kept.
Yes, you can change the separator to underscore or any other character in the settings.
Indonesian characters with diacritics are normalized to their ASCII equivalents (é → e, ñ → n, etc.).
Max length limits the slug to a specified number of characters, useful for database column limits.