Random order generator
Press Draw to shuffle the list
Paste a list and get it back in a random order, numbered. Useful for a presentation running order, a playlist, a rota, or the order people speak in a standup.
How to shuffle a list
The shuffle is Fisher–Yates, which is the one that is actually uniform. The obvious alternative. Sorting by a random key; sounds equivalent and is not: it is slower, and with a comparison sort it can produce a measurably biased distribution. That distinction matters for a running order that decides who presents last on a Friday afternoon.
Questions
Yes. Fisher–Yates over a cryptographic source gives a uniform permutation.
Type a seed before drawing. The same seed and list always produce the same order.
Thousands of lines are fine; it all runs on your device.
No. Repeated lines stay, in whatever positions they land.
No. Empty lines and surrounding whitespace are dropped before the shuffle.