New project name about puppeteer HOT 32 CLOSED

Looks like blin is the winner.

Mock:

EDIT: a day later, there's not much enthusiasm anymore for blin.. 😢

from puppeteer.

So while we have this open...

llama. Llamas are cool and hipsty. Also, llama.org is free.

from puppeteer.

I spoke with the owner of the carbon NPM package and he agreed to hand it over. 👍 💯

from puppeteer.

wasabi

from puppeteer.

I agree with Eric. Puppeteer sounds more engaging, authentic and unique. Carbon is a perfect name on its own, but it extremely generic and neutral, hence banal and uninviting. I would have voted for Carbon if we did not have a sound alternative, but we seem to have one. Also, no need to rename anything :)

from puppeteer.

carbon

from puppeteer.

sponge

from puppeteer.

Opium - liberates from (automation) pain. Both the name and the logo nicely correlate with chromium

from puppeteer.

carbon seems like a solid pick - easy to spell, catchy, and kind of science themed.

I propose we go with carbon unless anyone really hates it. There are always a million good options for names so in the interest of decisiveness only veto if you really don't like carbon, not if there's just another name you like a bit more!

from puppeteer.

That is horrifying.

from puppeteer.

sobaka comes with a slogan:

Sobaka: Web Developer's best friend.

(because 'sobaka' is a 'dog' in russian)

A few short words came to mind recently:

• shoom (visually nice, but resembles 'shroom')
• priz

from puppeteer.

vampire

from puppeteer.

theremin

from puppeteer.

A few ideas which follow the lead of blink (which is about tag which doesn't exist) and chrome (which is about component which chrome doesn't have):

• ceann
• headfull
• caput

from puppeteer.

Curie or Carbon both sound good to me.

Personally I would vote for Curie because I'm just guessing that Carbon is probably taken by something somewhere already :)

Picking names is always hard though - maybe it's easier just to ask if anyone wants to veto Curie or Carbon?

from puppeteer.

carbon feels good to me - it's lightweight and robust.

However, looks like there are both carbon and curie packages on npm.

from puppeteer.

There doesn't seem to be an irving package and that has a nice headless theme. Are there any vetoes for that?

from puppeteer.

IMO, we should stay clear of proper nouns. It makes talking about the project more confusing when referencing it in material, talks, conversation, etc. SEO is also something we care about.

Something to consider is using the @google namespace on npm or prefixing with "google-". Then we could use any package name. It's also nice for devs discovering the module. They see "Google" and knows it's official.

Fwiw, I sent the owner of the "puppeteer" package a couple of emails about a month ago. According to the npm policy, we should be able to grab that package name since the existing project is very old and inactive.

from puppeteer.

Update - Chris is willing to hand over the "puppeteer" package name when he gets back from vacation.

from puppeteer.

I feel like Puppeteer is just fine. Spelling is an issue but we have auto-correct most places for that. The only thing I'd urge to do is grab the easy mis-spelling NPM packages and forward them to the main one to prevent typosquatting.

from puppeteer.

"Chrome Actor" could be a thing. but this would mean making the one word name a two-word one. That may not be the best choice. Current search results look mundane though, so fairly open for take-over by a project.

from puppeteer.

And just found a previous Google project with the same name. https://github.com/google/puppeteer

from puppeteer.

llama is my favorite. I can spell it I think.

from puppeteer.

If llama makes it I promise to always facepalm while giving a talk and introducing it.

from puppeteer.

@Garbee that might be a good ice-breaker for the audience :)

from puppeteer.

carbon would be my preferred choice of all the apparent options.

For giving talks about that we can also intro with talking about biological resources which would be nifty. Talking about llama's and why they try to be cool is certainly not as entertaining. 😄

from puppeteer.

IMO, I don't think the reasons listed merit a name change. We'll be able to get the npm package and users only type the name once. "Puppeteer" is also a more descriptive name, less common, and what the project actually is. It would also have the neatest logo!

But if others think a name change is a good idea, "carbon" would be my preference too. But we should check that there aren't a ton of existing projects with similar names. It's a common name.

from puppeteer.

I especially like the 'no need to rename anything' bit.

from puppeteer.

Someone has to talk to https://github.com/google/puppeteer then. I vote not me.

from puppeteer.

Creative take on puppeteer's logo. Would look nice on stickers

from puppeteer.

Someone has to talk to https://github.com/google/puppeteer then. I vote not me.

I contacted someone responsible for https://github.com/google/puppeteer, we'll see how it goes.

from puppeteer.

I talked to @progressnerd who is the owner of google/puppeteer. He is totally fine with putting a note at the top of his README, saying something like:

If you are looking for chrome headless automation library, go to GoogleChrome/puppeteer.

I'll send him PR once we go public.

And since no one has voiced any new concerns about the "Puppeteer" name...
Congratulations, everybody! 🎉 Looks like we have agreed on a beautiful name for the project.

from puppeteer.