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Python-based tool for creating English-ish acronyms from your fancy project. Version 2.0.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-26.
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Package summary
Python-based tool for creating English-ish acronyms from your fancy project
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Commands and aliases
- acronym
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Project history and usage
ACRONYM is a Python command-line tool for generating English-ish acronyms from long project names or phrases.
Project history
The GitHub repository was created in 2018, and the README presents the tool as a Python package with both pip installation and source installation via make. The README also links to an arXiv paper describing ACRONYM.
Adoption history
ACRONYM stayed a small utility rather than a platform feature. Its official README documents pip installation, and Homebrew also packages the command, which puts it in the familiar single-purpose CLI-tool lane.
How it is used
The documented use is to run acronym with a quoted phrase, after which the tool collects a word corpus, identifies matching acronyms, scores them, and prints ranked options. CLI flags control minimum and maximum acronym length, result count, output file, and strictness.
Why package nerds care
For package collectors, ACRONYM is the kind of playful text-generation utility that fits well in Unix-style command catalogs: it has one command, a small problem space, and output that can be copied into project naming discussions.
Timeline
- 2018: GitHub repository created.
- 2019: README points to an arXiv paper describing ACRONYM.
- 2022: Latest repository push shown by official GitHub repository metadata.
Related projects
- Related contexts include command-line naming tools, word-list utilities, project-name generators, and lightweight natural-language text-generation scripts.
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security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 2 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 3 build dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
acronym | cli | global executable |
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Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version2.0.0
manager updated2026-05-26
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/bacook17/acronym
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/bacook17/acronymnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:acronym |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.0.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/acronym |
| Homepage | https://github.com/bacook17/acronym |
| Repository | https://github.com/bacook17/acronym |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/bacook17/acronym#readme |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/e3/1a/1a364f93053f9ad0d4f38b5c0078637db484bb4c1388ad0234b85c9d2ca8/acronym-2.0.0.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-05-26T23:37:47-04:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | numpy, python@3.14 |
| Build dependencies | cmake, meson, ninja |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | acronym |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 3 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
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- curated package history
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