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

Report

Name collision risk

32

limiter.com

domain · DNS records found

taken

limiter.app

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 · Docker namespace exists

taken

Recommended actions

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

Full report

Domains

limiter.com

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

limiter.dev

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

limiter.io

low confidence · No decisive DNS answer

unknown

limiter.app

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

limiter.ai

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

limiter.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

high confidence · GitHub namespace exists

taken

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.

  • express-limiter

    npm

    rate limiter middleware for express applications

  • @shipengine/connect-rate-limiter

    npm

    Connect rate limiter

  • nestjs-rate-limiter

    npm

    Highly configurable and extensible rate limiter library

  • @hono-rate-limiter/cloudflare

    npm

    Cloudflare stores and helper functions for hono-rate-limiter.

  • pylimiter

    PyPI

    Limiter Python SDK

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