Find available & relevant npm package names from the command line.

Supposedly:

There are only three hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation, naming things, off-by-one errors, and being original.

• Phil Karlton et al.1

1 original quote is becoming lost to history / legend

namesake can do absolutely nothing to help you with cache invalidation and off-by-one errors but it can help you with naming things. Being original is still up to you.

npm i -g namesake-cli

Usage: namesake [word] [options]
 Generate a list of words that just so happen to also
 be available as npm package names.
 Optionally, you can use any word as input to find
 related words and terms.
Options:
 -l, --limit <n> Limit the number of results returned (defaults to 50)
 -h, --help Show this help message
 -v, --version Output the namesake version number

Note: namesake's output is non-deterministic by design. so the following example is not 100% reproduceable, and these package names might not be available in the future.

$ namesake car
Available package names related to 'car':
acr automobile fund cadillac
railcar bombs cable-car accident
mercedes gondola carload
malibu wagons trolley
automotive autos automaker
sedan consignment carpark
elevator-car escalade buick
motorcar motoring pinto
parking railway-car carla
backseat railroad-car driving
lading vehicles automobiles

Limiting the number of results:

$ namesake car --limit 5
Available package names related to 'car':
gondola carload driving carpark motorcar

• namesake - the module powering this command line tool
• Datamuse API - powers the related word search capabilities
• english-words - word list used here for random word selection

Pull requests and any issues found are always welcome.

1. Fork the project, and preferably create a branch named something like feat-make-better
2. Modify the source files as needed
3. Make sure all tests continue to pass, and it never hurts to have more tests
4. Push & pull request! 🎉

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