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Syllabore is tailored for fantasy name generation
It does not use pre-made lists of names, large language models, or generative AI services
It can be embedded into a .NET app and used 100% offline

Syllabore constructs syllables out of graphemes (ie. vowels and consonants)
Then it sequences syllables into names

A syllable consists of a nucleus and optional onset or coda
A syllable has the following form: onset - nucleus - coda
For example, the word github is composed of two syllables with the vowels 'i' and 'u' as the nuclei
And the word breach, which is the same length, only has one syllable

Syllabore models syllables as onset - nucleus - coda, but with a different naming scheme
The name scheme is is: leading consonant - vowel - trailing consonant
While Syllabore uses the terms vowels and consonants to refer to nucleuses, onsets, and codas, there is nothing that would prevent you from defining non-vowels as nucleuses or non-consonants as onsets and codas
By default, a syllable must have a vowel in Syllabore, but it is possible to configure syllable providers to generate syllables that have no vowels if that is what is desired

Onset clusters are onsets with more than one consonant (eg. "tr"). In Syllabore, clusters are called sequences and onset clusters are called leading consonant sequences
Syllabore also extends this concept to nucleuses and codas, so you will also see vowel sequences and trailing consonant sequences.

Name generation is accomplished by first generating syllables from a pool of vowels and consonants, then structuring those syllables into names. There are three major components to a Syllabore name generator:
Providers are used to provide randomly generated syllables. Internally they maintain a pool of nucleuses, onsets, codas, clusters, etc. which are used to construct syllables from scratch
Transformers are an optional mechanism to randomly adjust or transform names during the generation process. This is useful in iterating or evolving a name by replacing syllables, swapping a vowel for another vowel, adding new components to the name, etc.
Filters are an optional mechanism to validate syllable or letter sequences during name generation. A name generator will only output names that pass through its filter. This is useful in avoiding undesirable letter combinations and improve the quality of output

At the bare minimum, you need to define vowels (#1) for the name generator to work. Then you'll want to throw in a few consonants (#2) so the output resembles names. Everything else is optional (#3).