If you’re building distributed systems in .NET, generating unique IDs efficiently can become a real challenge. GUIDs are too long and not index-friendly, database auto-increments don’t scale, and external ID services add extra overhead.

So I built Jordium.Snowflake.NET — a fast, configurable, and dependency-free ID generator based on the Snowflake algorithm, designed specifically for .NET developers.

🚀 Why Use It?

High throughput — capable of generating millions of IDs per second

Configurable — customize data center ID, worker ID, and sequence bits

Zero dependencies — no Redis, no DB, no external service needed

Production-ready — ideal for microservices and distributed systems

MIT licensed — open, simple, easy to adopt

🧩 Use Cases

Primary keys in distributed databases

Order numbers and payment transaction IDs

Logging, tracing, and event correlation

Any system requiring high-volume unique identifiers

🛠️ Quick Start using Jordium.Snowflake;

var generator = new SnowflakeIdGenerator(1, 1); long id = generator.NextId();

Console.WriteLine(id);

That’s it — globally unique, sortable 64-bit IDs with almost zero overhead.

🔗 GitHub

Source code, documentation, and examples: https://github.com/nelson820125/Jordium.Snowflake.NET

🎥 Video Demo

To help you quickly understand how Jordium.Snowflake.NET works in real-world usage, here’s a short demonstration video.

In this demo, you’ll see:

How to initialize the ID generator

How IDs are created in real time

How the library behaves under high-concurrency load

Example usage inside a .NET service

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👉 Video Link: （https://youtu.be/KaXEnIPiuXk）

If you find it useful, a ⭐️ would mean a lot!