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

Report

Mostly clear

95

GitHub org/user

code · Lookup returned HTTP 403

unknown

fakern.com

domain · No DNS record found

available

fakern.dev

domain · No DNS record found

available

npm

package · Exact package name is clear

available

PyPI

package · Exact project name is clear

available

Docker Hub

distribution · No matching org or official image

available

Recommended actions

  • ✓Buy fakern.com first
  • ✓Reserve npm package
  • ✓Review GitHub namespace collision

Full report

Domains

fakern.com

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

fakern.dev

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

fakern.io

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

fakern.app

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

fakern.ai

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

fakern.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 · No matching org or official image

available

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.

  • PaulWaltersDev/FakerNETExcel

    GitHub

    An implementation of functions for the creation of fake customer test data in Faker.NET (https://www.nuget.org/packages/Faker.Net) to Excel 2013 (as an XLL add-in) and later. Useful when customer production data is banned or inaccessible and the manual creation of customer data is too laborious.

  • bocajspear1/fakernet

    GitHub

    A framework for quickly creating internet-like services for labs, exercises, and research.

  • pete-otaqui/fakern.js

    GitHub

    Faked kerning in javascript

  • thaleson/fakernewsIA

    GitHub

    Welcome to the Fake News Detection project! This app uses Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Machine Learning techniques to detect whether a news story is true or fake.