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

Near matches

Similar names already exist

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

  • react-mailkit

    npm

    Create awesome and fully responsive emails without stress.

  • myloveCc/NETCore.MailKit

    GitHub

    .NET Core EmailKit extensions

  • danzuep/MailKitSimplified

    GitHub

    Send and receive emails easily, fluently, with one line of code for each operation.

  • pavkout/react-mailkit

    GitHub

    Create awesome and fully responsive emails without stress.

  • austineric/Send-MailKitMessage

    GitHub

    A replacement for PowerShell's obsolete Send-MailMessage implementing the Microsoft-recommended MailKit library.

  • pymailkit

    PyPI

    A modern Python library for sending and receiving emails with SMTP and IMAP support

Report

Name collision risk

46

mailkit.com

domain · DNS records found

taken

mailkit.dev

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 · No matching org or official image

available

Recommended actions

  • ✓Check alternate domains for mailkit
  • ✓Reserve crates.io package
  • ✓Review GitHub namespace collision

Full report

Domains

mailkit.com

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

mailkit.dev

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

mailkit.io

low confidence · No decisive DNS answer

unknown

mailkit.app

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

mailkit.ai

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

mailkit.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 · 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