NameScout

A practical name availability check across the registries you actually publish to.

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NameScout

NameScout

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Live across 12+ registries

Check the name before you start the repo.

Search domains, package registries, code hosts, and plugin marketplaces from one practical report. No hype. Just the collisions that matter.

Package registries and distribution first
Domains and brand surfaces first
Package and GitHub collisions first
Marketplaces and publisher names first
~/codenpm →
$ npx namescout-cli redis
Score 11 / 100 · Name collision risk
Domains
✗ redis.com taken
✓ redis.dev available
Package registries
✗ npm taken
...
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Provider coverage

Obscure enough to be useful.

Live checks across the registries developers actually publish to. Two more on the way.

Domains
npm
PyPI
GitHub
crates.io
RubyGems
Packagist
Docker Hub
Homebrew
VS Code
Chrome Web StoreSoon
ObsidianSoon

Near matches

Similar names already exist

Even when your exact name is free, these are close enough to cause confusion.

  • bithub-embed

    npm

    This repository contains open sourced code for the BitHub embed. You can use this code as a base for writing custom hub widgets.

  • @bithub-labs/eth-sig-util

    npm

    A few useful functions for signing ethereum data

  • @bithub-labs/crypto-hash

    npm

    Tiny hashing module that uses the native crypto API in Node.js and the browser

  • @bithub-labs/eccrypto

    npm

    JavaScript Elliptic curve cryptography library

Report

Name collision risk

39

bithub.com

domain · DNS records found

taken

bithub.dev

domain · DNS records found

taken

npm

package · Exact npm package exists

taken

PyPI

package · Exact PyPI project exists

taken

GitHub org/user

code · Lookup returned HTTP 403

unknown

Docker Hub

distribution · Rate limited

unknown

Recommended actions

  • ✓Check alternate domains for bithub
  • ✓Reserve crates.io package
  • ✓Review GitHub namespace collision

Full report

Domains

bithub.com

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

bithub.dev

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

bithub.io

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

bithub.app

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

bithub.ai

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

bithub.co

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

Package registries

npm

high confidence · Exact npm package exists

taken

PyPI

high confidence · Exact PyPI project exists

taken

crates.io

high confidence · No exact crate found

available

RubyGems

high confidence · Gem name is clear

available

Packagist

high confidence · No vendor packages found

available

Code hosting

GitHub org/user

low confidence · Lookup returned HTTP 403

unknown

Marketplaces

VS Code

medium confidence · No matching publisher or extension

available

Distribution

Docker Hub

low confidence · Rate limited

unknown

Homebrew

high confidence · No formula or cask found

available