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

21

cli.com

domain · DNS records found

taken

cli.dev

domain · DNS records found

taken

npm

package · Exact npm package exists

taken

GitHub org/user

code · GitHub namespace exists

taken

crates.io

package · Exact crate exists

taken

Docker Hub

distribution · Rate limited

unknown

Recommended actions

  • ✓Check alternate domains for cli
  • ✓Reserve PyPI package
  • ✓Review GitHub namespace collision

Full report

Domains

cli.com

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

cli.dev

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

cli.io

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

cli.app

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

cli.ai

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

cli.co

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

Package registries

npm

high confidence · Exact npm package exists

taken

PyPI

high confidence · Exact project name is clear

available

crates.io

high confidence · Exact crate exists

taken

RubyGems

high confidence · Exact gem exists

taken

Packagist

high confidence · 1 package under vendor

taken

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

low confidence · Rate limited

unknown

Homebrew

high confidence · No formula or cask found

available

Near matches

Similar names already exist

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

  • google-gemini/gemini-cli

    GitHub

    An open-source AI agent that brings the power of Gemini directly into your terminal.

  • cline/cline

    GitHub

    Autonomous coding agent right in your IDE, capable of creating/editing files, executing commands, using the browser, and more with your permission every step of the way.

  • ClickHouse/ClickHouse

    GitHub

    ClickHouse® is a real-time analytics database management system

  • HKUDS/CLI-Anything

    GitHub

    "CLI-Anything: Making ALL Software Agent-Native" -- CLI-Hub: https://clianything.cc/

  • py-cli

    PyPI

    git-runner cli script

  • pycli

    PyPI

    Simple, object-oriented approach to Python CLI apps

  • python-cli

    PyPI

    A toolkit for CLI construction

  • cli-python

    PyPI

    An easy way to use the command line interface of a Python package

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