Discussion: Cortex Naming

[dan-menlo]

Overview

• Cortex is a difficult name to SEO, and has mostly been claimed on package managers (e.g. Brew, etc)
• We need to pick a clear naming convention that we can build around

Cortex.cpp vs. Cortex Platform

• Cortex.cpp will refer to the C++ based binary, that offers a CLI and focuses on running models on a multi-engine backend
• Cortex Platform will refer to the Node.js Application, that aims for OpenAI API parity
• Jan runs on top of Cortex Platform, which runs on top of Cortex.cpp
• We will focus on Cortex.cpp for now, as Cortex Platform is still in its infancy

Current Decision

• Website name: cortex.cpp
• Repo name: cortex.cpp
• Local folder name: ~/.cortexcpp
• CLI command: cortex (and ~/.cortexrc)
• Binary filename: cortex.exe
• Installer file: cortexcpp.exe, cortexcpp for Linux, Mac
• In the future package managers: brew install cortexcpp

[hiento09]

@dan-homebrew , the binary name will be cortex-cpp for linux and macos, and cortex-cpp.exe for windows right?

[hiento09]

And what is Repo name: cortex.cpp? Since we finalized last week that we would use a monorepo with the name engine for cortex cpp and platform for the cortex platform, this is confusing me now.

[dan-menlo]

@hiento09 Ah sorry - I mistyped, and corrected myself. Thanks for the catch 🙏

[freelerobot]

I'm good with current version 🙏

[dan-menlo]

Final decision:

• Website name: cortex.cpp
• Repo name: cortex.cpp
• Local folder name: ~/.cortexcpp
• CLI command: cortex (and ~/.cortexrc)
• Binary filename: cortex.exe
• Installer file: cortexcpp.exe, cortexcpp for Linux, Mac
• In the future package managers: brew install cortexcpp

[hiento09]

Final decision:

• Website name: cortex.cpp
• Repo name: cortex.cpp
• Local folder name: ~/.cortexcpp
• CLI command: cortex (and ~/.cortexrc)
• Binary filename: cortex.exe
• Installer file: cortexcpp.exe, cortexcpp for Linux, Mac
• In the future package managers: brew install cortexcpp

cc @namchuai @vansangpfiev @nguyenhoangthuan99