CUID (Collision-resistant Unique IDentifier) is a secure alternative to UUIDs that:
- CUID v1: Original format with timestamp, random, and counter (25+ chars)
- CUID v2: Compact 24-character base36 string with high entropy
- CUID v3: Extended 32-character format with maximum entropy
- Is collision-resistant and secure
- Works across different platforms and databases
- Is URL-safe and doesn't require encoding
- Has better performance than UUIDs