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

Near matches

Similar names already exist

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

  • @google-cloud/datastream

    npm

    datastream client for Node.js

  • @maxim_mazurok/gapi.client.datastream-v1alpha1

    npm

    TypeScript typings for Datastream API v1alpha1

  • @maxim_mazurok/gapi.client.datastream-v1

    npm

    TypeScript typings for Datastream API v1

  • @datastream/core

    npm

    Stream creation utilities and pipeline functions for Web Streams API and Node.js streams

  • datastreampy

    PyPI

    Python package for Datastream Web Services API

  • pydatastream

    PyPI

    Python interface to the Refinitiv Datastream (former Thomson Reuters Datastream) API via Datastream Web Services (DSWS)

  • python-datastream

    PyPI

    Read and write not only bytes in python (like DataStream in java)

Report

Name collision risk

38

datastream.com

domain · DNS records found

taken

datastream.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 datastream
  • ✓Reserve crates.io package
  • ✓Review GitHub namespace collision

Full report

Domains

datastream.com

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

datastream.dev

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

datastream.io

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

datastream.app

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

datastream.ai

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

datastream.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

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

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