Many tools need to generate human-friendly names for transient resources—containers, sessions, builds, temporary instances. Rather than forcing users to come up with names (or generating cryptic IDs), some tools take the fun approach of generating random, memorable names. This note documents several such name generators used in popular open source tools.
| Tool | Example | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Docker | clever_boyd | Random adjective + surname of notable scientists and hackers. Source:names-generator.go Wordlists:left (108 words)right (236 words) |
| LocalSend | Neat Lemon | Random adjective + fruit name. Source:strings_en.g.dart Wordlists:adjectives (38 words)fruits (26 words) |
| names crate | sad-bridge | Random adjective + noun. This large wordlist can generate over 1 million combinations. Source:data Wordlists:adjectives (1124 words)nouns (981 words) |
| Zellij | sensible-xylophone | Random adjective + noun. Same algorithm as the names crate, with a smaller wordlist, avoiding unfortunate and offensive combinations. Source:sessions.rs Wordlists:adjectives (65 words)nouns (65 words) |