# Install names

A random name generator with names suitable for use in container instances, project names, application instances, etc. Version 0.14.0 via Cargo; verified 2022-06-28.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install cargo:names
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- Cargo (100%):

```sh
cargo install names
```

  Evidence: local crates.io package metadata

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** cargo:names
- **Package manager:** Cargo
- **Package manager URL:** <https://crates.io/crates/names>
- **Version:** 0.14.0
- **Source summary:** A random name generator with names suitable for use in container instances, project names, application instances, etc.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/fnichol/names>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/fnichol/names>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://docs.rs/names>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://static.crates.io/crates/names/names-0.14.0.crate>
- **Published:** 2022-06-28 20:26:29.163977+00
- **Last updated:** 2022-06-28 20:26:29.163977+00
- **Generated:** 2026-06-18T16:49:02+00:00

## Executables

- names (binary): Declared by crates.io version metadata.

## Install Behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-18
- Package-manager version: 0.14.0

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for names. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** crates.io database dump
- **Crate ID:** 3,091
- **Crate Size:** 38,865
- **Edition:** 2018
- **Has Lib:** yes
- **Num Versions:** 6
- **Recent Download Window Days:** 90
- **Version ID:** 574,791

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - names - 0.14.0-1+b6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: names from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | generator for random names suitable for containers, projects, applications etc. | https://github.com/fnichol/names
- dnf - names - 0.14.0-6.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: names from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Random name generator | https://crates.io/crates/names


## Sources

- crates.io package index
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph