# Advice for package naming

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/advice-for-package-naming/50073>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** package\
**Created:** [November 12, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/advice-for-package-naming/50073 "2020-11-12T23:43:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Azzaare](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/azzaare/32/21008_2.png) [@Azzaare](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Azzaare)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/advice-for-package-naming/50073/1 "2020-11-12T23:43:49Z")

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Hi there!

I am working on a package for different Constraint-Based Local Search (CBLS) Solvers.

I am a bit at a loss on how to name it.

- CBLS.jl is hard to understand outside of the community. Same for CBLSSolvers.jl
- ConstraintBasedLocalSearchSolvers.jl is a bit long, making things annoying to use.

Any recommendations?

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**Author:** ![Mason](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mason/32/2423_2.png) [@Mason](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Mason)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 12:04am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/advice-for-package-naming/50073/2 "2020-11-13T00:04:00Z")

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Do you need all those adjectives in the name, How about ConstrainedSolvers.jl or something?

We generally recommend people avoid acronyms in package names.

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**Author:** ![Mattriks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mattriks/32/351_2.png) [@Mattriks](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Mattriks)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/advice-for-package-naming/50073/3 "2020-11-13T00:31:32Z")

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See [Package naming guidelines](https://julialang.github.io/Pkg.jl/v1/creating-packages/#Package-naming-guidelines)

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**Author:** ![tbeason](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tbeason/32/15898_2.png) [@tbeason](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tbeason)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/advice-for-package-naming/50073/4 "2020-11-13T03:16:05Z")

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What about dropping just half of the adjectives? eg.

ConstraintBasedSolvers.jl  
LocalSearchSolvers.jl

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**Author:** ![Mason](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mason/32/2423_2.png) [@Mason](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Mason)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 3:33am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/advice-for-package-naming/50073/5 "2020-11-13T03:33:42Z")

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LocalSearchSolvers.jl is a pretty nice name.

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**Author:** ![Azzaare](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/azzaare/32/21008_2.png) [@Azzaare](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Azzaare)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 6:42am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/advice-for-package-naming/50073/6 "2020-11-13T06:42:59Z")

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I guess I will settle for LocalSearchSolvers.jl, even I will only implement some constraint-based ones 😛

Thank you, all!