How to pronounce vlt

vlt is most commonly pronounced "volt" (/ˈvoʊlt/). This pronunciation is documented by the project itself (see GitHub — vltpkg org display name: "vlt /vōlt/" (mirrored on vlt.io and docs.vlt.sh page titles)).

vlt is a JavaScript package manager and CLI from npm's creator Isaac Schlueter and former npm maintainers, released with vsr, a serverless registry. Because the name is written with no vowels, cold readers spell it out as "V-L-T" or guess "vult", and many write-ups call it "vault" — but the project brands itself "vlt /vōlt/" in its own GitHub org name and site titles, so it is one syllable, exactly like the English word volt, rhyming with bolt.

Source: GitHub — vltpkg org display name: "vlt /vōlt/" (mirrored on vlt.io and docs.vlt.sh page titles)

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