Random Picker

Pick a name, shuffle a list, make teams, roll dice or flip a coin.

Runs locallyWorks offlineShare link carries settings, never your data

One item per line (or comma-separated)6 items

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Frequently asked questions

Is the picker truly random?

Yes. It draws from your browser's cryptographically secure random source, so each pick, shuffle or roll is fair and unpredictable. The tool uses crypto.getRandomValues(), which provides genuine randomness suitable for security and gaming applications, not pseudorandom sequences that follow predictable patterns. This means the outcome of any pick, team shuffle, or dice roll cannot be predicted or manipulated, making it fair for giveaways, contests, and decision-making. All randomness happens locally in your browser, with no server involvement or possibility of bias.

Can it make balanced teams?

Yes — paste your list of names, choose how many teams you want and it distributes everyone evenly. The tool randomly assigns each person to a team, ensuring balanced team sizes — if you have 20 people and want 4 teams, each team gets 5 people. This is perfect for sports leagues, group projects, or any scenario where you need fair, random team assignments. You can regenerate the assignment as many times as you like until you get a configuration you're happy with.

Is my list of names uploaded?

No. Everything runs locally in your browser using standard web APIs — your text, files and inputs are never uploaded to a server, so the tool works even offline once the page has loaded.

Pro tips

Screen-record a public draw. The result being genuinely unpredictable does not help if entrants cannot see that you did not re-roll.
Remove duplicate entries before drawing unless repeated names are meant to carry extra weight — an accidental double entry doubles someone's odds.
Use shuffle rather than repeated single draws when you need a full running order, so nobody can be picked twice.
For teams, run the split once and accept it; re-rolling until the sides look right is exactly the bias the tool is there to remove.
Announce the rules before drawing — how many winners, what happens to duplicates, whether a non-responder is redrawn.

About Random Picker

Six draws in one place — winner, shuffle, balanced teams, a number in a range, dice and a coin. Randomness comes from the browser's secure generator, which is what makes a prize draw defensible rather than merely arbitrary.

Draw a random winner from a list, shuffle entries into a new order, split people into balanced teams, generate a number in a range, roll dice or flip a coin. It is the fair, fuss-free way to run a giveaway, pick who goes first or settle a decision.

Paste names or numbers and let it choose impartially. For a public draw the property that matters is that the outcome cannot be predicted or steered — including by whoever is running it.

The randomness source is what separates a draw people accept from one they argue about. General-purpose random functions are computed from a seed, so anyone who learns the seed can reproduce every value the sequence will produce. A cryptographically secure generator draws from operating-system entropy, and the practical consequence is that the result cannot be predicted in advance or steered by whoever clicks the button — including you.

Fair shuffling is less obvious than it looks. The intuitive approach of repeatedly swapping random pairs does not produce every ordering with equal probability, and a well-known one-line sort using a random comparator is measurably biased toward leaving items near where they started. A correct shuffle walks the list once, swapping each position with a randomly chosen earlier one, which is the only method that gives every arrangement the same chance.

Common use cases

Running a giveaway or prize draw where entrants need to believe the result was not steered.
Teachers picking a student to answer, or splitting a class into working groups without the same pairings every time.
Teams choosing who presents first, who takes an unpopular task, or the order of a retrospective.
Game nights needing dice or a coin when the physical ones are missing.
Settling any decision where the point is that nobody chose it.

How it comparesWheel-spinner sites add animation that makes a draw feel more ceremonial, which is worth something for a live audience. Where they differ is transparency about the source of randomness; several use a general-purpose generator, which is fine for choosing a restaurant and thin for a prize draw.