# Mozilla Things as Category

**URL:** <https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/mozilla-things-as-category/32696>\
**Category:** WebThings\
**Created:** [October 19, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/mozilla-things-as-category/32696 "2018-10-19T17:49:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![rei\_vilo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/discourse.mozilla.org/rei_vilo/32/23447_2.png) [@rei\_vilo](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/rei_vilo)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/mozilla-things-as-category/32696/1 "2018-10-19T17:49:28Z")

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I searched for `Mozilla Things`as a category but found nothing. The correct category is `Mozilla IoT`.

Wouldn’t be nice to provide `Mozilla Things` as a synonym of `Mozilla Things`?

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**Author:** ![benfrancis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/discourse.mozilla.org/benfrancis/32/21346_2.png) [@benfrancis](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/benfrancis)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 5:54pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/mozilla-things-as-category/32696/2 "2018-10-19T17:54:25Z")

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It would, except the project isn’t called Mozilla Things, it’s called Project Things by Mozilla. Don’t ask me why, it’s a branding thing.

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**Author:** ![benfrancis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/discourse.mozilla.org/benfrancis/32/21346_2.png) [@benfrancis](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/benfrancis)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/mozilla-things-as-category/32696/3 "2018-10-19T17:55:16Z")

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(The team is called the Mozilla IoT team, which is where the name comes from)

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**Author:** ![rei\_vilo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/discourse.mozilla.org/rei_vilo/32/23447_2.png) [@rei\_vilo](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/rei_vilo)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 6:07pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/mozilla-things-as-category/32696/4 "2018-10-19T18:07:25Z")

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> [@benfrancis](#):
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> Project Things

So let’s consider `Project Things` as a synonym of `Mozilla Things`!

I am a bit lost with all those competing names for the same **Project Things by Mozilla** …

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**Author:** ![benfrancis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/discourse.mozilla.org/benfrancis/32/21346_2.png) [@benfrancis](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/benfrancis)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 10:22am UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/mozilla-things-as-category/32696/5 "2018-10-22T10:22:58Z")

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There are no competing names, Project Things is a project by the Mozilla IoT team. The Things Gateway and Things Framework are components of Project Things.

But I agree it’s confusing. It must be, because people make up their own names like “Mozilla Things” all the time! 🙂

As Project Things matures from an experiment to more of a product we are working on new (less confusing) branding, but unfortunately it takes time to get that kind of thing approved.