NameScout

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.

~/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.

Suggest alternative names

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

NameScout

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.

~/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.

Report

Name collision risk

gravatar.com

domain · DNS records found

taken

gravatar.ai

domain · DNS records found

taken

npm

package · Exact npm package exists

taken

PyPI

package · Exact PyPI project exists

taken

GitHub org/user

code · Lookup returned HTTP 403

unknown

Docker Hub

distribution · Rate limited

unknown

Recommended actions

✓Buy gravatar.dev first
✓Reserve Packagist package
✓Review GitHub namespace collision

Full report

Domains

gravatar.com

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

gravatar.dev

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

gravatar.io

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

gravatar.app

low confidence · No decisive DNS answer

unknown

gravatar.ai

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

gravatar.co

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

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

low confidence · Lookup returned HTTP 403

unknown

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.

Suggest alternative names

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