Free Online Text to Slug Converter
Convert any text into a clean, URL-friendly slug in real time with this free online slug generator. Paste a blog post title, product name, or any phrase and instantly get a lowercase, hyphenated slug ready to use as a page URL, file name, or database key. The converter handles Unicode and accented characters by transliterating them to their ASCII equivalents — 'café' becomes 'cafe', 'über' becomes 'uber' — so your slugs stay clean across all languages. Choose your separator: hyphens are the SEO-standard choice recommended by Google, underscores are common in Python and database naming, and dots suit file-naming conventions. Multiple consecutive spaces and special characters are collapsed to a single separator, and leading or trailing separators are stripped automatically. A live character count shows your slug length so you can keep URLs concise. One-click copy puts the slug on your clipboard instantly. All processing runs entirely in your browser with no data sent to any server.
Frequently Asked Questions
A URL slug is the human-readable part of a URL that identifies a specific page. For example, in 'https://example.com/blog/how-to-make-coffee', the slug is 'how-to-make-coffee'. Slugs are lowercase, use hyphens instead of spaces, and contain only URL-safe characters. They are used by CMSs like WordPress, blog platforms, and e-commerce sites to build clean, readable URLs.
Google recommends hyphens. Google treats a hyphen as a word separator, so 'red-shoes' is understood as two words: 'red' and 'shoes'. Underscores are treated as word joiners, making 'red_shoes' a single token 'redshoes' in Google's index. For SEO purposes, hyphens are almost always the right choice for public-facing URLs.
Accented Latin characters are transliterated to their ASCII equivalents: 'é' → 'e', 'ñ' → 'n', 'ü' → 'u', 'ø' → 'o'. This is done using Unicode normalization (NFD decomposition) followed by stripping combining diacritical marks. CJK characters and other non-Latin scripts that have no ASCII equivalent are removed. This keeps slugs clean and universally readable in any URL.
Keep slugs concise — ideally under 60 characters. Google truncates page titles in search results around 60 characters, and shorter URLs are easier to share, type, and remember. Drop stop words like 'a', 'the', 'and', 'of' from your slug. For example, 'the-best-coffee-shops-in-the-city' becomes 'best-coffee-shops-city'.
No. All slug conversion happens entirely in your browser using JavaScript. No text is transmitted, stored, or logged. Your content stays completely private on your device.
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