codename - Small utility to generate code names, suitable for placeholders of project names.

Utility to generate code names, suitable for placeholders of project names.

Building

This is a scala-native project. The binary can be built by running sbt nativeLink. Version information is derived from git, with initial "v" dropped (e.g. the tag v1.2.3 represents version 1.2.3).

Download

If you are on Linux on an x86_64 platform, a pre-built binary can be obtained from the GitHub releases page, or with the following commands:

wget https://github.com/jodersky/codename/releases/download/v0.1.0/codename_linux_amd64.xz -O - | unxz - > codename && chmod +x ./codename

Examples

codename "A a n":

earnestly rare clown

very windy yaw

awful patchy zero

henceforth catchy graphite

nonethless furious aleph

otherwise jumpy route

codename "a-n"

mellow-gazelle

united-five

optuse-joke

codename "A a n a a n n"

approximately inherent omicron fabulous zillion unit set

Contributing

Contributions are welcome, especially new words! It's hard to describe what words should be included, but the rule of thumb is to use words that generally have a low frequency in English text (although not necessarily archaic), and that sound interesting when said out loud.

Usage

Refer to the help message of the utility (codename --help) for an authoritative answer.

Usage: codename [OPTIONS...] [SPECIFICATION...]
Generate a random codename according to a specification ("A a n" by default).

Options:

  -h, --help        show help message
  -v, --version     show version information

Specification:

 SPEC ::= { 'A' | 'a' | 'n' | SEP }
 SEP  ::= char

where an 'A' is replaced by a random adverb, an 'a' by an adjective and
an 'n' by a noun.

For example, the specification "A-a-n" will produce a code name such as:
"extra-pickled-umbrella"

Multiple specifications may be given, each of which will be printed on a
separate line.