treewide: Remove the definite article from meta.description

nix run nixpkgs#silver-searcher -- -G '\.nix$' -0l 'description.*"([Tt]he)? ' pkgs \
  | xargs -0 nix run nixpkgs#gnused -- -i '' -Ee 's/(description.*")[Tt]he (.)/\1\U\2/'

54 files changed, 54 insertions, 54 deletions

diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/al/alephone-evil/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/al/alephone-evil/package.nix
index a0120348c14e5..cf12f471a179f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/al/alephone-evil/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/al/alephone-evil/package.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ alephone.makeWrapper rec {
   };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The first conversion for Marathon Infinity";
+    description = "First conversion for Marathon Infinity";
     homepage = "https://alephone.lhowon.org/scenarios.html";
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/au/authentik/ldap.nix b/pkgs/by-name/au/authentik/ldap.nix
index 244210e4c734e..2d74c3911aa21 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/au/authentik/ldap.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/au/authentik/ldap.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ buildGoModule {
   subPackages = [ "cmd/ldap" ];
 
   meta = authentik.meta // {
-    description = "The authentik ldap outpost. Needed for the extendal ldap API";
+    description = "Authentik ldap outpost. Needed for the extendal ldap API";
     homepage = "https://goauthentik.io/docs/providers/ldap/";
     mainProgram = "ldap";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/au/authentik/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/au/authentik/package.nix
index 9f8299e985ce4..3b0132ee0a5ba 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/au/authentik/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/au/authentik/package.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ let
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The authentication glue you need";
+    description = "Authentication glue you need";
     changelog = "https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/releases/tag/version%2F${version}";
     homepage = "https://goauthentik.io/";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ba/banana-cursor/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ba/banana-cursor/package.nix
index c9275d43f54b9..73d26048b7eac 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ba/banana-cursor/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ba/banana-cursor/package.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The Banana Cursor";
+    description = "Banana Cursor";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ful1e5/banana-cursor";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ getpsyched yrd ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/bo/boehmgc/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/bo/boehmgc/package.nix
index 213d0ec9e3e32..f54e559bc5d23 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/bo/boehmgc/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/bo/boehmgc/package.nix
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://hboehm.info/gc/";
-    description = "The Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector for C and C++";
+    description = "Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector for C and C++";
     longDescription = ''
       The Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector can be used as a
       garbage collecting replacement for C malloc or C++ new.  It allows you
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/bq/bqn/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/bq/bqn/package.nix
index ca9a99c67e630..5d96a2cbbf904 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/bq/bqn/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/bq/bqn/package.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/mlochbaum/BQN/";
-    description = "The original BQN implementation in Javascript";
+    description = "Original BQN implementation in Javascript";
     license = lib.licenses.isc;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
     inherit (nodejs.meta) platforms;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/br/brill/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/br/brill/package.nix
index d933979d1205a..f5ed5d0882dc2 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/br/brill/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/br/brill/package.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The in-house serif typeface for the publishing house Brill, designed by John Hudson; free for non-commercial use";
+    description = "In-house serif typeface for the publishing house Brill, designed by John Hudson; free for non-commercial use";
     longDescription = ''
       Brill has “a neo-classical design geared towards optimum legibility”.
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/cr/crawley/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/cr/crawley/package.nix
index 94db41c1e946c..7dd8cd598d1a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/cr/crawley/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/cr/crawley/package.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The unix-way web crawler";
+    description = "Unix-way web crawler";
     homepage = "https://github.com/s0rg/crawley";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ltstf1re ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/da/daytona-bin/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/da/daytona-bin/package.nix
index 0c3fa458c7be5..0dbebf98949ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/da/daytona-bin/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/da/daytona-bin/package.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     changelog = "https://github.com/daytonaio/daytona/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    description = "The Open Source Dev Environment Manager";
+    description = "Open Source Dev Environment Manager";
     homepage = "https://github.com/daytonaio/daytona";
     license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     mainProgram = "daytona";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/do/doppler/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/do/doppler/package.nix
index cdeb12f08de2c..5fc87846ba4b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/do/doppler/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/do/doppler/package.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The official CLI for interacting with your Doppler Enclave secrets and configuration";
+    description = "Official CLI for interacting with your Doppler Enclave secrets and configuration";
     mainProgram = "doppler";
     homepage = "https://doppler.com";
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/dy/dyalog/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/dy/dyalog/package.nix
index fc4b6696c26ba..9bca553b0d94f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/dy/dyalog/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/dy/dyalog/package.nix
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     changelog = "https://dyalog.com/dyalog/dyalog-versions/${lib.replaceStrings [ "." ] [ "" ] finalAttrs.shortVersion}.htm";
-    description = "The Dyalog APL interpreter";
+    description = "Dyalog APL interpreter";
     homepage = "https://www.dyalog.com";
     license = {
       fullName = "Dyalog License";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ec/ecc/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ec/ecc/package.nix
index 40597fe0fd994..cf91d52875ccb 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ec/ecc/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ec/ecc/package.nix
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://eunomia.dev";
-    description = "the eBPF compile toolchain for eunomia-bpf";
+    description = "EBPF compile toolchain for eunomia-bpf";
     mainProgram = "ecc-rs";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ oluceps ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/em/emocli/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/em/emocli/package.nix
index 7139dcfecfbe4..edf6b8dfc24d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/em/emocli/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/em/emocli/package.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ buildNimPackage (finalAttrs: {
   env.EMOCLI_DATAFILE = "${unicode-emoji}/share/unicode/emoji/emoji-test.txt";
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/AsbjornOlling/emocli";
-    description = "The emoji picker for your command line";
+    description = "Emoji picker for your command line";
     license = lib.licenses.eupl12;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ asbjornolling ];
     mainProgram = "emocli";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fr/frankenphp/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fr/frankenphp/package.nix
index ce9bcb4d08985..e33a259bd207c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fr/frankenphp/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fr/frankenphp/package.nix
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ in buildGoModule rec {
 
   meta = {
     changelog = "https://github.com/dunglas/frankenphp/releases/tag/v${version}";
-    description = "The modern PHP app server";
+    description = "Modern PHP app server";
     homepage = "https://github.com/dunglas/frankenphp";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     mainProgram = "frankenphp";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/go/go-critic/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/go/go-critic/package.nix
index 2ef85f6621412..1c00655c78130 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/go/go-critic/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/go/go-critic/package.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The most opinionated Go source code linter for code audit";
+    description = "Most opinionated Go source code linter for code audit";
     homepage = "https://go-critic.com/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/go-critic/go-critic/releases/tag/${src.rev}";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprcursor/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprcursor/package.nix
index 42885f20376f1..5b8480dc20cd0 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprcursor/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprcursor/package.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/hyprwm/hyprcursor";
-    description = "The hyprland cursor format, library and utilities";
+    description = "Hyprland cursor format, library and utilities";
     changelog = "https://github.com/hyprwm/hyprcursor/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ iynaix ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprlang/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprlang/package.nix
index 729a4284b3957..d856d5879d570 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprlang/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyprlang/package.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/hyprwm/hyprlang";
-    description = "The official implementation library for the hypr config language";
+    description = "Official implementation library for the hypr config language";
     license = licenses.lgpl3Only;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ iogamaster fufexan ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ii/iina/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ii/iina/package.nix
index d2c19a077ff92..0cf97bcbf9e13 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ii/iina/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ii/iina/package.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The modern media player for macOS";
+    description = "Modern media player for macOS";
     homepage = "https://iina.io/";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/it/itch/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/it/itch/package.nix
index 3ba0c6cb43503..3f5337f04cf13 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/it/itch/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/it/itch/package.nix
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The best way to play itch.io games";
+    description = "Best way to play itch.io games";
     homepage = "https://github.com/itchio/itch";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ko/komac/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ko/komac/package.nix
index b15fc902b2563..53dcc93d7b140 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ko/komac/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ko/komac/package.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The Community Manifest Creator for WinGet";
+    description = "Community Manifest Creator for WinGet";
     homepage = "https://github.com/russellbanks/Komac";
     changelog = "https://github.com/russellbanks/Komac/releases/tag/${src.rev}";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/la/laravel/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/la/laravel/package.nix
index 37f37c8fffbfa..67ba3b2594cb8 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/la/laravel/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/la/laravel/package.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ php.buildComposerProject (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The Laravel application installer";
+    description = "Laravel application installer";
     homepage = "https://laravel.com/docs#creating-a-laravel-project";
     changelog = "https://github.com/laravel/installer/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ld/ldc/bootstrap.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ld/ldc/bootstrap.nix
index 4355277e8863b..2a23e755c7cf6 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ld/ldc/bootstrap.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ld/ldc/bootstrap.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The LLVM-based D Compiler";
+    description = "LLVM-based D Compiler";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc";
     # from https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/blob/master/LICENSE
     license = with licenses; [ bsd3 boost mit ncsa gpl2Plus ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ld/ldc/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ld/ldc/package.nix
index 77be57e836322..a807831ec4350 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ld/ldc/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ld/ldc/package.nix
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The LLVM-based D compiler";
+    description = "LLVM-based D compiler";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc";
     changelog = "https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
     # from https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/blob/master/LICENSE
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libmamba/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libmamba/package.nix
index af87959a2e5f8..8db98ea2b664a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libmamba/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libmamba/package.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The library for the fast Cross-Platform Package Manager";
+    description = "Library for the fast Cross-Platform Package Manager";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mamba-org/mamba";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/lx/lxgw-wenkai-tc/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/lx/lxgw-wenkai-tc/package.nix
index 533fff5b9d05f..d4b2d8969597e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/lx/lxgw-wenkai-tc/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/lx/lxgw-wenkai-tc/package.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/lxgw/LxgwWenKaiTC";
-    description = "The Traditional Chinese Edition of LXGW WenKai";
+    description = "Traditional Chinese Edition of LXGW WenKai";
     license = licenses.ofl;
     platforms = platforms.all;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ lebensterben ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/my/mysql84/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/my/mysql84/package.nix
index d7081f6141414..908b3e00ae8ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/my/mysql84/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/my/mysql84/package.nix
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.mysql.com/";
-    description = "The world's most popular open source database";
+    description = "World's most popular open source database";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ orivej shyim ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/na/nawk/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/na/nawk/package.nix
index bb93e778922e9..f05cd3cd3de0c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/na/nawk/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/na/nawk/package.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://awk.dev";
-    description = "The one, true implementation of AWK";
+    description = "One, true implementation of AWK";
     longDescription = ''
       This is the version of awk described in "The AWK Programming Language",
       Second Edition, by Al Aho, Brian Kernighan, and Peter Weinberger
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ne/neocities-cli/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ne/neocities-cli/package.nix
index 9ec0bb2739976..546c29918082c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ne/neocities-cli/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ne/neocities-cli/package.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ bundlerApp {
   passthru.updateScript = bundlerUpdateScript "neocities";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The Neocities Gem - A CLI and library for using the Neocities web site API";
+    description = "Neocities Gem - A CLI and library for using the Neocities web site API";
     homepage = "https://github.com/neocities/neocities-ruby";
     license = licenses.mit;
     mainProgram = "neocities";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nimlangserver/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nimlangserver/package.nix
index 634b6831330ce..2a5f7d36e14de 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nimlangserver/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nimlangserver/package.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ buildNimPackage (final: prev: {
   meta = with lib;
     final.src.meta
     // {
-      description = "The Nim language server implementation (based on nimsuggest)";
+      description = "Nim language server implementation (based on nimsuggest)";
       homepage = "https://github.com/nim-lang/langserver";
       license = licenses.mit;
       mainProgram = "nimlangserver";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/no/nomnatong/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/no/nomnatong/package.nix
index e17d9c7f0c361..5f2b3f69b7196 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/no/nomnatong/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/no/nomnatong/package.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://nomfoundation.org/nom-tools/Nom-Font";
-    description = "The Hán-Nôm Coded Character Set and Nom Na Tong Regular Reference Font";
+    description = "Hán-Nôm Coded Character Set and Nom Na Tong Regular Reference Font";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ eclairevoyant ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/oh/oh-my-fish/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/oh/oh-my-fish/package.nix
index ff6d0a69b321b..60448748c320c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/oh/oh-my-fish/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/oh/oh-my-fish/package.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/oh-my-fish/oh-my-fish";
-    description = "The Fish Shell Framework";
+    description = "Fish Shell Framework";
     longDescription = ''
       Oh My Fish provides core infrastructure to allow you to install packages
       which extend or modify the look of your shell. It's fast, extensible and
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ol/olvid/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ol/olvid/package.nix
index ec90fcb72fe9f..48e26c57466e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ol/olvid/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ol/olvid/package.nix
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The secure french messenger";
+    description = "Secure french messenger";
     homepage = "https://www.olvid.io";
     license = licenses.agpl3Only;
     mainProgram = "olvid";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/om/omniorbpy/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/om/omniorbpy/package.nix
index 66254cdaba21d..a288dc34c6481 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/om/omniorbpy/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/om/omniorbpy/package.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The python backend for omniorb";
+    description = "Python backend for omniorb";
     homepage = "http://omniorb.sourceforge.net";
     license = with licenses; [ gpl2Plus lgpl21Plus ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ nim65s ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/op/openapi-changes/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/op/openapi-changes/package.nix
index efeee6ce34131..0020856ee9751 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/op/openapi-changes/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/op/openapi-changes/package.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   vendorHash = "sha256-gaBVwrSaIwe1eh8voq928cxM/d0urVUF0OUwWZb2fR8=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The world's sexiest OpenAPI breaking changes detector";
+    description = "World's sexiest OpenAPI breaking changes detector";
     homepage = "https://pb33f.io/openapi-changes/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/pb33f/openapi-changes/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/op/opentelemetry-cpp/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/op/opentelemetry-cpp/package.nix
index 5bc1a46ad6ce7..dcb01890a0c32 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/op/opentelemetry-cpp/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/op/opentelemetry-cpp/package.nix
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The OpenTelemetry C++ Client Library";
+    description = "OpenTelemetry C++ Client Library";
     homepage = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp";
     license = [ lib.licenses.asl20 ];
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ jfroche ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/or/ory/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/or/ory/package.nix
index d4fb9aa9e7d8b..01c6424513af5 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/or/ory/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/or/ory/package.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     mainProgram = "ory";
-    description = "The Ory CLI";
+    description = "Ory CLI";
     homepage = "https://www.ory.sh/cli";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ luleyleo nicolas-goudry ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pg/pget/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pg/pget/package.nix
index 3c6c2dd2380fc..d4c5a702fe05b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pg/pget/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pg/pget/package.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The fast, resumable file download client";
+    description = "Fast, resumable file download client";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Code-Hex/pget?tab=readme-ov-file";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ Ligthiago ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ph/photonvision/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ph/photonvision/package.nix
index 0efd253e147e4..408dfb123f30c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ph/photonvision/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ph/photonvision/package.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The free, fast, and easy-to-use computer vision solution for the FIRST Robotics Competition";
+    description = "Free, fast, and easy-to-use computer vision solution for the FIRST Robotics Competition";
     homepage = "https://photonvision.org/";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ max-niederman ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pl/platformsh/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pl/platformsh/package.nix
index 6bf7a9a9c9b4a..2b0387ad1b89d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pl/platformsh/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pl/platformsh/package.nix
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The unified tool for managing your Platform.sh services from the command line";
+    description = "Unified tool for managing your Platform.sh services from the command line";
     homepage = "https://github.com/platformsh/cli";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     mainProgram = "platform";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pm/pmtiles/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pm/pmtiles/package.nix
index f4fa1ab07fc98..459eba87fb48c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pm/pmtiles/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pm/pmtiles/package.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The single-file utility for creating and working with PMTiles archives";
+    description = "Single-file utility for creating and working with PMTiles archives";
     homepage = "https://github.com/protomaps/go-pmtiles";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.theaninova ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/rc/rc/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/rc/rc/package.nix
index 1e1e968e73330..6484269c924b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/rc/rc/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/rc/rc/package.nix
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/rakitzis/rc";
-    description = "The Plan 9 shell";
+    description = "Plan 9 shell";
     license = [ lib.licenses.zlib ];
     mainProgram = "rc";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ramkromberg AndersonTorres ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ro/roslyn-ls/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ro/roslyn-ls/package.nix
index d4ea8136d21c2..bc50c7f10cda9 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ro/roslyn-ls/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ro/roslyn-ls/package.nix
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ buildDotnetModule rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/dotnet/vscode-csharp";
-    description = "The language server behind C# Dev Kit for Visual Studio Code";
+    description = "Language server behind C# Dev Kit for Visual Studio Code";
     changelog = "https://github.com/dotnet/vscode-csharp/releases/tag/v${vsVersion}";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ konradmalik ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/st/stanc/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/st/stanc/package.nix
index 93f8c383f6e7f..9fd2e5af9b316 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/st/stanc/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/st/stanc/package.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ ocamlPackages.buildDunePackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/stan-dev/stanc3";
-    description = "The Stan compiler and utilities";
+    description = "Stan compiler and utilities";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ wegank ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sv/svix-server/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sv/svix-server/package.nix
index 7ccdf1f6b3f22..9bf33694e2a90 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sv/svix-server/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sv/svix-server/package.nix
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     mainProgram = "svix-server";
-    description = "The enterprise-ready webhooks service";
+    description = "Enterprise-ready webhooks service";
     homepage = "https://github.com/svix/svix-webhooks";
     changelog =
       "https://github.com/svix/svix-webhooks/releases/tag/v${version}";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/te/textlint/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/te/textlint/package.nix
index 8fea962d8e720..4a4eb75c50554 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/te/textlint/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/te/textlint/package.nix
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ buildNpmPackage rec {
   };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The pluggable natural language linter for text and markdown";
+    description = "Pluggable natural language linter for text and markdown";
     homepage = "https://github.com/textlint/textlint";
     changelog = "https://github.com/textlint/textlint/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ti/tiny-dfr/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ti/tiny-dfr/package.nix
index ab1d5298ec8ae..d7a0c08af3e77 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ti/tiny-dfr/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ti/tiny-dfr/package.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/WhatAmISupposedToPutHere/tiny-dfr";
-    description = "The most basic dynamic function row daemon possible";
+    description = "Most basic dynamic function row daemon possible";
     license = [ licenses.asl20 licenses.mit ];
     mainProgram = "tiny-dfr";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.qyliss ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/up/upsun/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/up/upsun/package.nix
index 97b32c03fe951..b81390ffc9c18 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/up/upsun/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/up/upsun/package.nix
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The unified tool for managing your Upsun services from the command line";
+    description = "Unified tool for managing your Upsun services from the command line";
     homepage = "https://github.com/platformsh/cli";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     mainProgram = "upsun";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vi/vikunja/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/vi/vikunja/package.nix
index 8b352e7b0a229..36a443f3625b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/vi/vikunja/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/vi/vikunja/package.nix
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ buildGoModule {
 
   meta = {
     changelog = "https://kolaente.dev/vikunja/api/src/tag/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
-    description = "The Todo-app to organize your life";
+    description = "Todo-app to organize your life";
     homepage = "https://vikunja.io/";
     license = lib.licenses.agpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ leona ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vm/vms-empire/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/vm/vms-empire/package.nix
index 157d834ef9146..a43c61e30a26b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/vm/vms-empire/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/vm/vms-empire/package.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://catb.org/~esr/vms-empire/";
-    description = "The ancestor of all expand/explore/exploit/exterminate games";
+    description = "Ancestor of all expand/explore/exploit/exterminate games";
     longDescription = ''
       Empire is a simulation of a full-scale war between two emperors, the
       computer and you. Naturally, there is only room for one, so the object of
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/wa/waf/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/wa/waf/package.nix
index 9dd0e9339d873..812c6dd9b8d73 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/wa/waf/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/wa/waf/package.nix
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://waf.io";
-    description = "The meta build system";
+    description = "Meta build system";
     changelog  = "https://gitlab.com/ita1024/waf/blob/${finalAttrs.version}/ChangeLog";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
     mainProgram = "waf";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/wh/where-is-my-sddm-theme/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/wh/where-is-my-sddm-theme/package.nix
index d5de0f41141a7..bc3ff4646af61 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/wh/where-is-my-sddm-theme/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/wh/where-is-my-sddm-theme/package.nix
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
     );
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The most minimalistic SDDM theme among all themes";
+    description = "Most minimalistic SDDM theme among all themes";
     homepage = "https://github.com/stepanzubkov/where-is-my-sddm-theme";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/wi/wizer/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/wi/wizer/package.nix
index 7a46d673af9c9..7ef6a9790600e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/wi/wizer/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/wi/wizer/package.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The WebAssembly pre-initializer";
+    description = "WebAssembly pre-initializer";
     mainProgram = "wizer";
     homepage = "https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wizer";
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ws/wslay/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ws/wslay/package.nix
index 294a98f9d6a08..45054f8130f15 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ws/wslay/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ws/wslay/package.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://tatsuhiro-t.github.io/wslay/";
-    description = "The WebSocket library in C";
+    description = "WebSocket library in C";
     license = with licenses; [ mit ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ pingiun ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/x1/x16/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/x1/x16/package.nix
index c6e0183a196bf..5f53898b338cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/x1/x16/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/x1/x16/package.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://cx16forum.com/";
-    description = "The official emulator of CommanderX16 8-bit computer";
+    description = "Official emulator of CommanderX16 8-bit computer";
     changelog = "https://github.com/X16Community/x16-emulator/blob/r${finalAttrs.version}/RELEASES.md";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd2;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];