Not a fan of the name, sounds too much like Redux :/

frenchman99 · on March 19, 2016

First commit for Redox was April 20th 2015. First commit for Redux (the JS library, if that's what you're talking about) was May 30th 2015.

746F7475 · on March 19, 2016

If no one knows about your project it's name doesn't matter.

Bring to mind the old MikeRoweSoft vs. Microsoft thing.

setra · on March 19, 2016

When choosing a name you can't exactly predict future people using your name.

746F7475 · on March 19, 2016

Yeah, but if you are unknown you can easily rebrand

EugeneOZ · on March 19, 2016

They are well-known in the world of kernel-developers. If JS developers don't know something... well, who cares?

pjc50 · on March 19, 2016

Presumably named after the redox reaction that causes iron to rust.

iagooar · on March 19, 2016

The name is quite clever, actually.

Sharlin · on March 19, 2016

Yes indeed.

* There's the Unixy "x" suffix

* Iron turning to rust is a redox reaction

* Redo means "do again (differently)"

* Redox is an almost-homophone with redux meaning "revived"

hamburglar · on March 20, 2016

Plus the "iron" / "bare metal" imagery for running directly on hardware as opposed to on top of some other layer. Redox puts rust on metal.

Zecc · on March 20, 2016

Am I the only one reminded of a certain energy drink?

ape4 · on March 19, 2016

Not that it matters... Apparently rust-lang is named after the rust fungus not the chemical reaction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_%28programming_language%2...

kibwen · on March 19, 2016

That hasn't stopped anyone from naming tons of Rust libraries after elements and chemistry terms, just like the true etymology of "Python" hasn't stopped people from naming things after snakes. :P

systems · on March 19, 2016

sound a lot like redo x nobody likes to redo things .. or x'es

would you ever redo your x

khattam · on March 19, 2016

Yes... that's what x'es are for.