🌱 Vegan Ipsum – Ethical Placeholder Text Generator

vegan-ipsum is a JavaScript module that generates vegan-themed placeholder text. It works in Node.js, browsers, and React Native.

Use it for vegan blogs, animal rights projects, or any site where you want meaningful filler text instead of "lorem ipsum."

Based on the lorem-ipsum project by Nickolas Kenyeres.

Major updates (v2.0.0)

• Node.js engine requirement bumped to >= 20.x (breaking change for older runtimes).
• Build system migrated to Vite; distribution now ships both ESM (dist/index.mjs) and CJS (dist/index.cjs).
• CLI is built as CJS with an injected shebang (dist/bin/vegan-ipsum.bin.cjs).
• Type declarations are emitted to types/ via vite-plugin-dts.

If v2.0.0 doesn't work for you, please use version 1.0.4.

Installation

npm install vegan-ipsum

Using the Class

import { VeganIpsum } from "vegan-ipsum";
// const VeganIpsum = require("vegan-ipsum").VeganIpsum;

const vegan = new VeganIpsum({
	sentencesPerParagraph: { min: 4, max: 8 },
	wordsPerSentence: { min: 4, max: 16 },
});

// Generate words, sentences, or paragraphs and print them
const words = vegan.generateWords(6);
console.log(words);

const sentences = vegan.generateSentences(5);
console.log(sentences);

const paragraphs = vegan.generateParagraphs(2);
console.log(paragraphs);

Using the Function

vegan-ipsum also provides a simple functional interface for quick use-cases.

ESM:

import { veganIpsum } from "vegan-ipsum";

// generate one sentence (default)
console.log(veganIpsum());

// generate three sentences
console.log(veganIpsum({ count: 3, units: "sentences" }));

// generate two paragraphs, HTML formatted
console.log(veganIpsum({ count: 2, units: "paragraphs", format: "html" }));

CommonJS:

const { veganIpsum } = require("vegan-ipsum");
console.log(veganIpsum({ count: 2 }));

Customizable options (shorthand): count, units (words|sentences|paragraphs), format (plain|html), sentenceLowerBound, sentenceUpperBound, paragraphLowerBound, paragraphUpperBound, random, and suffix.

Using the CLI

vegan-ipsum comes with a CLI tool to generate vegan text right from your terminal.

npm install -g vegan-ipsum

Examples:

vegan-ipsum 2 words
vegan-ipsum 3 sentences
vegan-ipsum 1 paragraphs
vegan-ipsum 2 paragraphs --copy
vegan-ipsum 2 paragraphs --format html

Requirements

• Node.js: >= 20.x
• npm: >= 9.x

Ensure you are using a supported Node.js LTS. Recommended install via nvm:

nvm install --lts
nvm use --lts

Project

Ecosystem

Explore the wider vegan-ipsum ecosystem and integrations:

• Project site & landing: https://veganipsum.vercel.app — central hub with links and docs.
• About: https://veganipsum.vercel.app/about — background, goals, and maintainers.
• JSON API: https://veganipsum.vercel.app/json-api — programmatic endpoint for generating vegan ipsum.
• VS Code extension: https://veganipsum.vercel.app/vscode-extension — editor integration for inserting vegan ipsum.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.
Copyright © 2025 Vijay Hardaha