MiniGuid

A Guid value-type that converts to and from 26-char alphabetic strings - like ShortGuid, but better.

Good for URLs!

Readability

MiniGuid.ToString()	Guid.ToString()
xEykoBBxSwSuDJBZEzNOSFFIMU	6fa7b0bf-6577-4e99-8f73-f64e867fe236
EutvfDtJywUKveRWSFBbsCHpyL	f65227f5-c563-4a9c-9170-67f619702fc5
BukxYWEvDMreXSDoaLSzRDRhkH	437915dd-e9d5-48a2-b3ae-015995f56751
COKwlTfEmgwuRGyfyNMtuPIlNb	b46509e2-61be-45ad-8305-c1cd3a244b39
QxLKubVCxzzuTSKvxxizlZfyyg	054aca55-befc-4673-b095-bdd195ccb8c6

Usage

using MiniGuids;

var miniGuid = MiniGuid.NewGuid();

//implicit conversions (and vice-versa too)
string someString = miniGuid;
Guid someGuid = miniGuid;

//explicit stringifying and parsing
var str = miniGuid.ToString();
var sameMiniGuid = MiniGuid.Parse(str);

//works out-of-the-box with Json.NET, MVC, etc. via TypeConverters
var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(new { miniGuid }); //{ "miniGuid": "aaaaaBBBBBcccccDDDDDeeeeeF" }