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.

  • decova-gotcha

    npm

    It's my personal trial for automating daunting tasks

  • decova-dotnet

    npm

    This package provides fundumentals that a .net developer may miss while working with Typescript, whether they are missing functinalities or funcionalities provided in a non-elegant design in javascript. Bad naming, bad design of optional parameters, non-c

  • decova-filesystem

    npm

    It's a package that exposes the functionality of 'fs' and 'path' node packages in a more convinient way to Java and .net background developers.

  • decova-voltage

    npm

    It's a framework for bringing the development of statful apps to a high abstract level while keeping low copmlexity no matter how the app grows.

Report

Mostly clear

82

decova.com

domain · DNS records found

taken

Docker Hub

distribution · Docker namespace exists

taken

GitHub org/user

code · Lookup returned HTTP 403

unknown

decova.dev

domain · No DNS record found

available

npm

package · Exact package name is clear

available

PyPI

package · Exact project name is clear

available

Recommended actions

  • ✓Buy decova.dev first
  • ✓Reserve npm package
  • ✓Review GitHub namespace collision

Full report

Domains

decova.com

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

decova.dev

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

decova.io

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

decova.app

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

decova.ai

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

decova.co

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

Package registries

npm

high confidence · Exact package name is clear

available

PyPI

high confidence · Exact project name is clear

available

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

high confidence · Docker namespace exists

taken

Homebrew

high confidence · No formula or cask found

available