# generic-names

> Helper for building generic names, similar to webpack

Latest version **4.0.0** (published 2021-12-22) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install generic-names
pnpm add generic-names
yarn add generic-names
bun add generic-names
```

## Health

**Score 25/100 (F)** — status: abandoned.

Positive: has types; no vulnerabilities; high quality score.

Warnings: low downloads; no esm support.

Negative: abandoned; low maintenance score.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 4.0.0 |
| Published | 2021-12-22 |
| First published | 2015-10-26 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 1 |
| Unpacked size | 12.7 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 16 |
| Author | Alexey Litvinov |
| Maintainers | sullenor, evilebottnawi |
| Keywords | css-modules, postcss-modules-scope, webpack |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/generic-names
- Repository: https://github.com/css-modules/generic-names
- Homepage: https://github.com/css-modules/generic-names#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/css-modules/generic-names/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/generic-names

## Dependencies (1)

- [loader-utils](https://npm.io/package/loader-utils.md) ^3.2.0

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## Recent versions

- 4.0.0 (latest) — 2021-12-22
- 1.0.0-beta (beta) — 2015-10-26
- 3.0.0 — 2020-10-24
- 2.0.1 — 2018-08-27
- 2.0.0 — 2018-08-27
- 1.0.3 — 2017-10-31
- 1.0.2 — 2016-10-12
- 1.0.1 — 2015-11-02
- 1.0.0 — 2015-11-01

## README

generic-names
=============

Helper for building generic names, similar to webpack. Designed to be used with [postcss‑modules‑scope](https://github.com/css-modules/postcss-modules-scope).

Uses [interpolateName](https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils#interpolatename) from the webpack/loader-utils.

## API

```javascript
var genericNames = require('generic-names');
var generate = genericNames('[name]__[local]___[hash:base64:5]', {
  context: process.cwd()
});

generate('foo', '/case/source.css'); // 'source__foo___3mRq8'
```

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