How the team generator works
Paste one name per line, then choose either the number of teams or the number of people per team and press Make teams. The names are shuffled with the Fisher-Yates method, using the secure random numbers built into your browser, and then dealt into teams. Sizes are balanced, so no team has more than one person more than any other. Ten people in three teams give teams of 4, 3 and 3.
If you choose people per team and the names do not divide evenly, the page makes enough teams that every team is as close in size as it can be, instead of leaving one team short. Reshuffle deals the same names again. Copy as text puts the teams on your clipboard as plain lines you can paste into a message or a document. Nothing you type is saved or sent anywhere.
Questions
Are the teams really random?
Yes. The names are shuffled with the Fisher-Yates method and the secure random numbers built into your browser, so every order is equally likely.
What if the names do not divide evenly?
Team sizes then differ by one. For example, 10 people in 3 teams make teams of 4, 3 and 3.
Can two people have the same name?
Yes. Each line counts as one person, so a name written twice is placed twice.
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