NameScout

A practical name availability check across the registries you actually publish to.

ProvidersBuilt by Brad Traversy

NameScout

Search Report Providers

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.

$Search mode

Package registries and distribution first

Domains and brand surfaces first

Package and GitHub collisions first

Marketplaces and publisher names first

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Curious what a real report looks like? Pick one.

$redis $lodash $vidpipe $taillux $glintly $namescout

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Prefer the terminal?

Run NameScout from your shell.

Same checks, same scoring, terminal-pretty output. Zero install, no auth, just run it.

~/code

$ npx namescout-cli redis

Score 11 / 100 · Name collision risk

DOMAINS

✗ redis.com taken

✓ redis.dev available

PACKAGE REGISTRIES

✗ npm taken

...

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

27

griddy.com

domain · DNS records found

taken

griddy.dev

domain · DNS records found

taken

npm

package · Exact npm package exists

taken

PyPI

package · Exact PyPI project exists

taken

Docker Hub

distribution · Docker namespace exists

taken

GitHub org/user

code · Lookup returned HTTP 403

unknown

Recommended actions

✓Buy griddy.ai first
✓Reserve Packagist package
✓Review GitHub namespace collision

Full report

Domains

griddy.com

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

griddy.dev

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

griddy.io

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

griddy.app

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

griddy.ai

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

griddy.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 · 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

high confidence · Docker namespace exists

taken

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.

griddy-icons
npm
Griddy Icons is a free, open-source icon library with a unique utilitarian vibe ready for your next project.
homebridge-griddy
npm
Homebridge plugin that surfaces a high electricity switch for Griddy subscribers
@mshanemc/homebridge-griddy
npm
Helps devices behave according to forecast and real-time power prices
griddy.css
npm
Very minimal and tiny css grid