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.

  • vs-team/casanova-mk2

    GitHub

    Casanova is a declarative programming language for games. It is derived from F#, thus is a member of the ML family. Casanova enjoys full Unity integration but can also be used with other engines and libraries.

  • kbhujbal/cultural-casanova

    GitHub

    A RAG-enabled real-time voice agent ("Rosa") acts as a dramatic cross-cultural relationship coach, utilizing RAG to reference psychology texts and tool calling to perform translations.

  • TakenKills/discord.js-casanova

    GitHub

    discord.js-casanova an open source npm package.

  • sdockray/casanova-plugin

    GitHub

    Calibre plugin for Casanova metadata server

Report

Name collision risk

35

casanova.com

domain · DNS records found

taken

casanova.dev

domain · DNS records found

taken

npm

package · Exact npm package exists

taken

PyPI

package · Exact PyPI project exists

taken

GitHub org/user

code · GitHub namespace exists

taken

Docker Hub

distribution · Rate limited

unknown

Recommended actions

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

Full report

Domains

casanova.com

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

casanova.dev

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

casanova.io

low confidence · No decisive DNS answer

unknown

casanova.app

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

casanova.ai

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

casanova.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

high confidence · GitHub namespace exists

taken

Marketplaces

VS Code

low confidence · Marketplace returned HTTP 429

unknown

Distribution

Docker Hub

low confidence · Rate limited

unknown

Homebrew

high confidence · No formula or cask found

available