Package Name

Noun · Open Source

Definitions

  1. The identifier under which a package is published and installed in a package ecosystem. In practical terms, package names matter for discoverability, trust, collisions, and sometimes for security when lookalike names appear.

    In plain English: The published name used to identify and install a package.

    Example: "They changed the package name before launch because the original one was too generic and dangerously close to an unrelated widely downloaded library."

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