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
...
Prefer the terminal? Same checks, no install.

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

Report

Name collision risk

13

cask.com

domain · DNS records found

taken

cask.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 · Docker namespace exists

taken

Recommended actions

  • ✓Check alternate domains for cask
  • ✓Reserve Packagist package
  • ✓Review GitHub namespace collision

Full report

Domains

cask.com

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

cask.dev

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

cask.io

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

cask.app

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

cask.ai

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

cask.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 · Exact crate exists

taken

RubyGems

high confidence · Exact gem exists

taken

Packagist

high confidence · No vendor packages found

available

Code hosting

GitHub org/user

high confidence · GitHub namespace exists

taken

Marketplaces

VS Code

medium confidence · No matching publisher or extension

available

Distribution

Docker Hub

high confidence · Docker namespace exists

taken

Homebrew

high confidence · Homebrew formula exists

taken

Suggested alternatives

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Near matches

Similar names already exist

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

  • @caskprotocol/sdk

    npm

    Cask Protocol JS SDK

  • ocask.js

    npm

    A cask layout to show your photo album.

  • @caskprotocol/cask-widgets

    npm

    Widgets for integrating the Cask Protocol.

  • cask-datavoyager

    npm

    This is a fork of the original voyager. This is here to trim down datavoyager to bare minimum as needed.

  • Homebrew/homebrew-cask

    GitHub

    🍻 A CLI workflow for the administration of macOS applications distributed as binaries

  • buo/homebrew-cask-upgrade

    GitHub

    A command line tool for upgrading every outdated app installed by Homebrew Cask

  • Anze/KeyCluCask

    GitHub

    Simple and handy overview of applications shortcuts

  • avinassh/py-caskdb

    GitHub

    (educational) build your own disk based KV store

  • pycask

    PyPI

    A Log-Structured KV Store based on bitcask, written in Python.