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Slug Generator
Turn any title into a clean URL slug: lowercase, diacritics stripped, punctuation dropped, words joined with dashes.
Generate a slug
Updates live as you type. Dashes, not underscores — dashes are the web standard for slugs.
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How it works
How slug generation works
Normalize and strip
Accented characters are converted to their ASCII base (é → e, ü → u), everything is lowercased, and any run of non-alphanumeric characters collapses into a single dash.
Trim the edges
Leading and trailing dashes are removed so the slug is tidy — -the-antigle- becomes the-antigle.
Use it anywhere
Paste it into a URL, a file name, or an id attribute. The same rules that make slugs readable also make them safe and search-friendly.
Questions
Slug generator FAQ
What is a slug?
A slug is the human-readable part of a URL that identifies a page — like the part after the domain. Good slugs use lowercase words separated by dashes and drop punctuation, so they are easy to read, type, and share.
Why are accented characters converted?
Slugs should be ASCII for maximum compatibility. Diacritics are stripped to base letters (é → e, ü → u), so any remaining non-ASCII characters are replaced.
Can I use the slug for file names too?
Yes — the same slug is a safe file name: lowercase, no spaces, no special characters, dashes between words. Just keep it short enough for your own sanity.