A UUID v7 implementation and Ecto.Type for Elixir - based on Rust.

This library defers the UUID v7 implementation to the Rust create UUID using an Erlang NIF. It includes an Ecto.Type to (auto-)generate version 7 UUIDs in Ecto.Schema and beyond.

Thanks to Rust, it is ~72% faster in generating version 7 UUIDs than the Elixir implementation of version 4 UUIDs by Ecto. See the benchmarks for more details.

Installation

The package can be installed by adding uuidv7 to your list of dependencies in mix.exs:

def deps do
  [{:uuidv7, "~> 0.2"}]
end

Usage

In your database schema, change primary key attribute from :binary_id to UUIDv7:

def App.Schemas.User do
  @primary_key {:id, UUIDv7, autogenerate: true}
end

Benchmark

Run mix deps.get and then mix run scripts/bench.exs to run the benchmark on your computer.

Operating System: macOS
CPU Information: Apple M2 Pro
Number of Available Cores: 10
Available memory: 16 GB
Elixir 1.14.2
Erlang 25.1.2

Benchmark suite executing with the following configuration:
warmup: 5 s
time: 10 s
memory time: 5 s
reduction time: 0 ns
parallel: 1
inputs: none specified
Estimated total run time: 1 min

Benchmarking ecto (uuid v4) ...
Benchmarking uniq (uuid v7) ...
Benchmarking uuidv7 ...

Name                     ips        average  deviation         median         99th %
uuidv7                1.75 M      570.22 ns  ±3940.19%         500 ns         667 ns
uniq (uuid v7)        1.07 M      937.20 ns  ±1852.78%         916 ns        1000 ns
ecto (uuid v4)        1.02 M      978.17 ns  ±1593.54%         958 ns        1042 ns

Comparison:
uuidv7                1.75 M
uniq (uuid v7)        1.07 M - 1.64x slower +366.98 ns
ecto (uuid v4)        1.02 M - 1.72x slower +407.95 ns

Memory usage statistics:

Name                   average  deviation         median         99th %
uuidv7                   104 B     ±0.00%          104 B          104 B
uniq (uuid v7)        214.00 B     ±2.47%          216 B          216 B
ecto (uuid v4)        214.00 B     ±2.47%          216 B          216 B

Comparison:
uuidv7                   104 B
uniq (uuid v7)        214.00 B - 2.06x memory usage +110.00 B
ecto (uuid v4)        214.00 B - 2.06x memory usage +110.00 B

Credits

This library is based on the Rust library UUID. Thank you!

The Ecto.Type is heavily borrowed from from Ecto. Thanks!