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Eigenoid

Two things at once:

  1. The organization on GitHub (eigenoid/*) where the team's private code lives.
  2. The main Python package — a private library consumed by the team's other projects. See Products > Eigenoid for the technical sheet.

Origin of the name​

Eigen comes from German, meaning "own" or "characteristic" (as in eigenvalue, the characteristic value of a matrix). The suffix -oid suggests "something in the form of." Together they hint at "something with its own characteristic shape."

In practice​

When someone says "eigenoid" without further context, they usually mean the Python package. When the conversation is about permissions, repos, or GitHub Apps, it's about the organization.

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