Frequently asked questions

A slug is a short, readable version of text commonly used in URLs. For example, “My First Blog Post” becomes “my-first-blog-post.”

Text is converted to lowercase, accents are normalized, and punctuation or whitespace is replaced with hyphens. Repeated and surrounding hyphens are removed automatically.

No. Slug generation happens entirely in your browser. Your text is not uploaded or stored by slugify.me.

Yes. Unicode letters and numbers are preserved. Accented characters are normalized when possible, so “Crème brûlée” becomes “creme-brulee,” while “東京 2026” becomes “東京-2026.”

A run of punctuation, symbols, whitespace, or emoji becomes a single hyphen. Apostrophes are removed without separating the word, so “don’t” becomes “dont.”

Input containing only punctuation, emoji, whitespace, or other separators has no letters or numbers to preserve, so the result is empty.

No. slugify.me formats text but does not check your website, database, or filesystem for existing values. Add a unique identifier when your project requires one.

Yes. Slugs can also be useful for filenames, document identifiers, and similar text labels. Check the rules of the system where you plan to use them.

Yes. slugify.me is free, has no ads, and is open source under the GNU Affero General Public License.