Post your Name Ideas here!

[Andre601]

Just as mentioned in #4 are we looking for ideas from you (the commnunity) for possible project names.

Please make one reply per suggested name below this post. You may also add additional context (i.e. what gave you this idea) if you want.

Just keep in mind that while we're open for ideas, we cannot guarantee that we accept every name as a possible choice, especially if it is something immature or insulting.
We reserve the right to delete replies at our own discretion, if we consider them inapropriate.

We can't wait to see your suggestions!

[Andre601]

My own suggestion: PyMDocs

It's simply a combination of key parts of MkDocs:
It's made in Python and it uses markdown files to create sites (often times docs),

[oprypin]

I think I just don't like that it's an abbreviation. Also thinking how to pronounce it - "PimDocs"?

[2mustange]

PMDocs - Passive Markdown Documents/Documentation

Simple and similar
Its a nod to static site generators and to using Markdown

[oprypin]

There are a few existing close matches if you search PMDocs on Google :(

[oprypin]

I'm thinking MontyDocs.

The name sounds slightly original. Mentions Monty Python - which is only a subtle mention that it's related to Python.
Name does not look very similar to the other project, although the initial letter helps with familiarity.
Was not taken by any project.

[ghost]

so is it montydocs I guess? Here is also PR. no other name? there are many project called monty on pypi

[oprypin]

I'm still leaning towards it because I didn't love any other suggestions (typically because they consist only of general nouns). But as of this moment it's still not finalized, still tormenting myself about it

[ghost]

good name is hard! true

[oprypin]

Something to add: starting with the letter M can be beneficial because in listings of dependencies or directories, the two projects will be nearby. And typing the project name starting with the letter M can be beneficial due to muscle memory or whatever.

[oprypin]

I now see that the conflicts with various projects named "monty" cannot be downplayed. So that name is out

[LandonTClipp]

How about PAMDocs? "PamDocs Ain't Mkdocs." It's a stretch haha.

[EddyLuten]

CoreDocs or BaseDocs - Both are a nod to the fact that this will preserve the foundation of MkDocs.

[oprypin]

1. Occupied on PyPI

2. Hm not bad! Although the word "Based" can jump out and it has a bit of a strange presence on the internet 😅

[ghost]

DocsBase or DocBase

[DevTwilight]

Here are a few name ideas I thought of:

1. PyMark – Short, clean, references Python and Markdown. Highlights the core tech and feels familiar to MkDocs users.

2. PyDocsPlus – Emphasizes Python and Markdown docs, with a sense of “next level” or improvement. Suggests this fork continues and enhances MkDocs.

3. PyMarkDocs – Combines Python + Markdown + Docs; descriptive but still catchy. Clear and easy to remember, signaling continuity with MkDocs.

[Andre601]

PyMarkDocs sounds the best to me personally, but sadly is a project named PyMarkDoc already on PyPI, so there would be a chance of confusion and issue reports on either sides (either people complaining to us that their docstrings aren't rendered or to the PyMarkDoc people that their markdown files aren't turned into html).

The Plus on PyDocsPlus sounds a bit out of place... When I read Plus, I imagine some addition to an existing system, not a standalone thing...

[jaywhj]

• MDDocs : .md docs
• OpenDocs
• AutoDocs

These names might work, too.

[oprypin]

All of these names are occupied on PyPI

[jaywhj]

OpenDocsX
AutoDocsX
MarkdocsX

These names are available on PyPI

[jaywhj]

Or, to keep it simple, DocsX works too.

[humitos]

MarkDocs

[ghost]

btw what bout social media? X Blusky? Do we need name there 2?

[Andre601]

I feel like social media wasn't really used by MkDocs and I doubt it's that necessary

[oprypin]

Well, it was certainly used by Material with great success. (worth remembering the vote brigading it was able to cause a few times)

MkDocs was always ownerless, so that never came up there.

It would be nice but I'm horrible at social media.

[Ark-kun]

This name is occupied on PyPI

It's possible to take ownership of long unused PyPI names. There is a process.
https://pypi.org/project/markdocs/ had a single 0.0.0 release in 2017 with no usage.

[oprypin]

The process through moderation takes weeks at least, whereas I'd like to move forward today. Anyway there are still other close matches

[DevTwilight]

@Andre601, @oprypin and everyone else i guess we will have to choose a name that suits the project and is available for both pypi and github organization

[Andre601]

Unrelated to this discussion, please see our first announcement: #8

[ghost]

I also have some idea

• Docstar
• DocNG (speak DOc Engine)
• SiteDocs - coz you can also build site, not only docs
• SimpleDocs
• StaticDocs

I check an there are all free on Pypi! My fav is SiteDocs

[ghost]

Docstar has exact matches in Google search

I thought nly free PyPI is important? On Google there is many names that r taken

I feel like MdSiteDocs or SiteDocsMD would be a bit better to emphasize the markdown aspect a bit.

SiteDocsMD has 0 results on Google!!

[oprypin]

SiteDocsMD

That reminds me of WebMD right away :/

[Andre601]

I feel like DocNG is a good choice to have here... The only small concern I have, is that it could make people believe the software is a general/all-purpose docs generator and not a SSG for markdown -> html stuff...

Maybe MdDocsNG would work too?

[ghost]

I think @oprypin dunno like MD. But DocNG I think is cool

[oprypin]

I was thinking about "DocNG" and realized that I already don't remember whether it's "DocNG" or "DocsNG". That's a bad property to have 😞

[ghost]

@oprypin ah! name is dcided already?? http://montydocs.org link 2 this thread

[oprypin]

I grabbed that name right away, but still not excluding other options.

[EddyLuten]

Some more suggestions that are available on PyPI in addition to my previous ones:

• ReadyDocs
• FairDocs
• ProperDocs

[oprypin]

Can we not just continue with the development for now?

I am continuing development, opening crazily stacked pull requests as if someone will actually review them

[oprypin]

I think ProperDocs is the only acceptable name. Will move forward with the rename. Thanks for the suggestion!

[oprypin]

Welp, the fact that I grabbed the name ProperDocs on GitHub made it impossible to rename this organization to that name. So I have to use the empty organization and move only the repositories to there instead.

[oprypin]

Welcome back under a new name ProperDocs!

Thank you @EddyLuten

[ghost]

we have name! ProperDocs! 🚀

[ghost]

@oprypin PeroperDocs need logo. what do u think logo I made? I can help

• https://github.com/orgs/ProperDocs/discussions/5#discussioncomment-16129724
• https://github.com/orgs/ProperDocs/discussions/5#discussioncomment-16129771

[oprypin]

Well I assume that it's made by AI, meaning that the logo is © millions of unnamed people?

[ghost]

yes it is AI. should we make logo without AI?

[ghost]

BuildDocs – better than MakeDocs!

free on pypi + GH

[oprypin]

There's a direct match on Google, and the word is too general, which I worry will be hard or confusing to search for.

[LandonTClipp]

DocHound

The mascot could be a Dauschund dog.

Basing it off of an animal mascot will be memorable and easy to claim. Look at all the major sites, GitHub has an octopus. OpenClaw has a lobster. Reddit has an alien. We need a mascot.

[DevTwilight]

i agree on mascot but it is not a right awaything

[oprypin]

It's a good suggestion.

There can be some confusion in a Google search (right now it suggests that you spelled it wrong but also finds some very small websites with a direct march).

And "Hound" has a secondary a negative definition to it.

So overall I still think it's not so good?

[oprypin]

Uh wait, DocHound is taken on PyPI 😞

I don't even know which option I can turn to

[oprypin]

We could try to get the name to be freed on PyPI, but doing that through some official moderation process would not be nearly fast enough.

[ghost]

I like DocHound! maybe can ask pypi coz package only 0.0.1?

[Andre601]

Given oprypin has MontyDocs already prepared, my question to everyone here is, what in your opinion makes it good or especially NOT good to use here.
Be honest, as it can help understand what you think about this name itself.

(For the record, as was stated by oprypin is the name not necessarely final and he's open for a different one if it's good. Tho, there's obviously a little bias on him too).

[oprypin]

Right-
Maybe someone can help me see how "MontyDocs" is actually a bad name :D

Sure, the name doesn't actually mean anything, it just says that it's docs. But maybe the name doesn't have to fully represent all parts of the project. I'm not willing to go for abbreviations in order to achieve that. And I think many successful projects tend to have just random names with no relevant meaning.

And I don't see the other kinds of flaws in "MontyDocs" that I've been mentioning for other names. By metrics of being able to: remember it correctly, pronounce it, search for it - I still think it wins out.

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Other than this I don't know what to say. I was hoping to see some new idea that I would love and others would clearly prefer, but I don't see it :(

[Andre601]

Sharing here what I shared with you personally.

My main issue with the name is simply that when I read MontyDocs, my first instinct isn't to imagine a SSG, but rather docs for some other software called Monty, which would then lead to confuse it with other stuff...
Additionally does Monty just sound too close to Monkey for me too.

[oprypin]

rather docs for some other software called Monty

Good point... whereas for example something like "BetterDocs" can't possibly imply that it's docs for some other software. Why is that so? Because it's an adjective. But I don't like an adjective like that, it's maybe too cheeky.

I was thinking it's good to name it "***Docs" to have a structurally similar name, but indeed this seems to nearly guarantee this kind of downside.

[ghost]

Yes, I dunno thnk MontyDocs is good name, sry. Becoz Monty is not sound like DOcs, it sound like its Docs for softwaer named monty like on pypi. More technial name migt be better 4 developer. sry, this is my oponion.

[EddyLuten]

PyPI available:

• NiceDocs
• PrimeDocs
• AbleDocs
• SolidDocs

[oprypin]

SunnyDocs 🤷

[ghost]

RainyDocs 😂

[Ark-kun]

MakeDocs: free on PyPI https://pypi.org/project/makedocs/

[oprypin]

It's basically the same name as before - not acceptable

[ghost]

• DocGen
• SimpleDocGen
• DevDocMaker
• AutoDocsTool
• PyDocBuilder
• QuickDocGen
• DevDocsGen
• DocuForge
• CodeDocsKit
• DocGenLite

[ghost]

MilleniumDocs!

[Andre601]

Lame idea: MkSite

[ghost]

DocGenX is good friend with MaterialX! next-gen!

[oprypin]

MkSite is taken (maybe not on PyPI but in general).
Many of these names are taken or are too verbose.
DocGenX is not great even for this association - probably not many of us are part of Generation X 🤣

[ghost]

• ProperDoc
• ProperDocGen
• ProperDocTool
• PropDocs
• PropDoc
• ProprDocs
• ProDocs

[DevTwilight]

How about “Lumo Docs”? It doesn’t have any literal meaning, but it might still be a good fit.

[ghost]

proton mail AI called Lumo? ppl can think is docs for this

[DevTwilight]

How about Lumvix
it just came to my mind