V_name_generator

What is this?

V_name_generator is a program that generates short names starting with V.

Implements a "Las Vegas" algorithm under the hood and gives you a valid creation.

It can be used from the cli, as library for other rust projects or to send a ntfy notification.

Why use it?

Have you ever been in trouble trying to think of a short, v-starting name?

V_name_generator gives you all the procedurally generated names that you want without thinking for a second.

You will only need to pick the best one.

Installation

You can install V_name_generator using pre-built binaries or compile it from source.

Automated Install (Recommended)

Linux & macOS

Run the following in your terminal to download and install the latest release

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/000Volk000/v_name_generator/releases/latest/download/v_name_generator-installer.sh | sh

Windows

Run this in PowerShell

irm https://github.com/000Volk000/v_name_generator/releases/latest/download/v_name_generator-installer.ps1 | iex

Package Managers

Homebrew

brew install 000Volk000/v_name_generator/v_name_generator

From Source

If you have Rust installed, you can get it directly from crates.io:

cargo install v_name_generator --features="app"

Or build it from the repository:

git clone https://github.com/000Volk000/v_name_generator.git
cd v_name_generator
cargo install --path . --features="app"

Usage

There are 3 main ways of using it:

CLI Generation

For this you will only need to type this onto your terminal.

v_name_generator

And you will get a name in the same terminal.

NTFY notification

You shall execute it with the "ntfy" argument, having set the enviroment variable NTFY_POST_URL to the desired ntfy URL;

Linux & macOS

NTFY_POST_URL="https://ntfy.sh/*********" v_name_generator ntfy

Windows

& { $env:NTFY_POST_URL = "https://ntfy.sh/*********"; v_name_generator ntfy }

Library for other rust projects

In the desired project you shall execute.

cargo add v_name_generator

Then you can add the following dependency to your code and call it how you want.

use v_name_generator::generate_valid_name;

fn main() {
  let generated_name = generate_valid_name();
}

License

Created under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.

Created by Darío Martínez Kostyuk - 2026