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AI · August 2, 2016

Neural network trained to generate GitHub repository names

Neural network trained to generate GitHub repository names launched on August 2, 2016 with 145 votes, #236 of 3,856 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

In plain words

This tool is a neural network trained on 4 million GitHub repository names to generate new ones. It's designed for developers and project creators looking for naming inspiration. The model learns patterns from real repository names and produces original suggestions based on that training data.

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From the sources

I trained a neural network on the names of 4 million GitHub repositories , then asked it to generate some newfrom colinmorris.github.io

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