NameScout

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

ProvidersBuilt by Brad Traversy

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

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Run NameScout from your shell.

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

View on npm→
~/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

Near matches

Similar names already exist

Even when your exact name is free, these are close enough to cause confusion.

  • @lymtic/version-watcher

    npm

    当一些频繁使用的网站发布新版本时，已经打开网页的用户可能无法即时了解到更新。尤其是对于某些后台应用，用户一旦打开页面，通常在相当长的时间内不会刷新。由于新版本在短时间内难以覆盖到平台上 80%及以上的用户，我们建议引导用户主动进行页面刷新，以确保他们获得最新的用户体验

Report

Mostly clear

89

GitHub org/user

code · Lookup returned HTTP 403

unknown

Docker Hub

distribution · Rate limited

unknown

lymtic.com

domain · No DNS record found

available

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

Full report

Domains

lymtic.com

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

lymtic.dev

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

lymtic.io

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

lymtic.app

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

lymtic.ai

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

lymtic.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

low confidence · Rate limited

unknown

Homebrew

high confidence · No formula or cask found

available