Text Utilities

Slug Generator

Convert any text into a clean, URL-friendly slug. Hyphens replace spaces, special characters are stripped.

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How to use this tool

  1. Type or paste a title or phrase into the Input Text box — the slug updates instantly in Generated Slug.
  2. Check the URL Previews panel to see the slug nested in example paths, with and without a trailing slash.
  3. Click Copy Slug to copy the finished slug to your clipboard.
  4. Use Copy to grab your original text, or Clear to reset the input and start over.
  5. Watch the character counters under each box to compare input length against the final slug length.

Why this tool is helpful

Build clean, readable URLs

Strip spaces, casing, and punctuation so links stay short, predictable, and easy to read and share.

Keep routes consistent

Frameworks like Next.js, Rails, and Django often derive page paths from slugs; a predictable format keeps those routes stable.

Improve SEO

Lowercase, hyphen-separated paths are the convention search engines parse most reliably, and they read better in results and breadcrumbs.

Generate safe filenames

The same rules produce portable filenames free of spaces and special characters, so slugs double as filesystem-friendly names.

Avoid URL-breaking characters

Removing &, ?, #, and quotes prevents a title from corrupting, truncating, or misdirecting a URL.

Stay private

Everything runs in your browser. Your text is never uploaded, logged, or sent to a server.

FAQ

What exactly does this tool do?

It takes any text and produces a URL-safe slug: lowercase, with spaces and underscores turned into hyphens and punctuation stripped away.

How are spaces and punctuation handled?

Runs of spaces and underscores collapse into a single hyphen. Characters outside a-z, 0-9, whitespace, and hyphens are removed, then repeated hyphens are collapsed and leading or trailing hyphens trimmed.

What happens to accented or non-Latin characters?

They are removed, not transliterated. café becomes caf, and characters like ü, 日本語, or emoji are dropped. For best results, provide the ASCII version of such titles.

Are numbers and letters preserved?

Yes. ASCII letters (converted to lowercase) and digits 0-9 are kept. Underscores become hyphens, and existing hyphens are kept but collapsed.

Why is my slug empty or showing —?

Empty or whitespace-only input — or input made entirely of stripped characters, such as only symbols or emoji — leaves nothing behind to form a slug.

Can I convert a slug back to the original text?

No. Slug generation is lossy: casing, spacing, punctuation, and any removed characters cannot be recovered. Use it for identifiers and routes, not as a reversible encoding.

Does my text leave my browser?

Never. All generation happens locally in JavaScript. Nothing is uploaded, stored, or sent to a server.