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biski64
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danielcota / biski64

biski64

A very fast and robust 64-bit PRNG with a minimum 2^64 period.

3Distinct people
3Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
153GitHub stars
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What it is

A very fast and robust 64-bit PRNG with a minimum 2^64 period.

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by day3 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2025-05-26 13:48:22 UTC to 2025-06-08 23:06:05 UTC.

012025-05-26 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-05-27 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsMay 262025-05-27 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-05-28 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2025-05-28 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-05-29 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-05-29 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-05-30 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-05-30 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-05-31 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-05-31 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-06-02 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsJun 12025-06-02 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-06-03 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-06-03 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-06-04 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-06-04 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-06-05 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-06-05 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-06-06 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-06-06 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-06-07 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-06-07 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-06-08 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-06-08 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-06-09 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsJun 8

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May 262025-05-26 00:00:00 UTC2025-05-27 00:00:00 UTC110
May 272025-05-27 00:00:00 UTC2025-05-28 00:00:00 UTC110
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Jun 82025-06-08 00:00:00 UTC2025-06-09 00:00:00 UTC110

What Hacker News says

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Show HN: Biski64 – Fast PRNG (~.40ns/call), Passes BigCrush/PractRand, Injective

biski64 is an extremely fast PRNG I wrote for non-cryptographic tasks. GitHub (MIT): https://github.com/danielcota/biski64 Highlights: * ~0.40 ns/call. 100%+ faster than xoroshiro128++. * Easily passes BigCrush and PractRand (64TB). * Invertible and proven injective via Z3 Prover. * Scaled down versions show even better mixing efficiency than well respected PRNGs like JSF. * Minimum 2^64 period and parallel streams - through the use of a 64-bit Weyl sequence. * no_std compatible in Rust (implements RngCore) and requires only stdint.h in C. Seeking feedback on design, use cases, and further testing.
2 points · Open discussion

biski64 – Fast C PRNG (.42ns), 2^64 Period, BigCrush/PractRand Pass

biski64 is a fast C PRNG I wrote for non-cryptographic tasks. GitHub (MIT): https://github.com/danielcota/biski64 Highlights: * ~0.42 ns/value (GCC 11.4, -O3 -march=native), 92% faster than xoroshiro128++. * Easily passes PractRand (32TB), exceptional BigCrush results (running BigCrush 100 times against established PRNGs). * Guaranteed 2^64 period - through the use of a 64-bit Weyl sequence. * Parallel streams, robust reduced state size tests. * Core requires only stdint.h. Details on the 100x BigCrush tests (including reference PRNG results), parallel streams and reduced state size tests can be found in the Github README). Seeking feedback on design, use cases, or further testing.
3 points · Open discussion

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