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

Report

Name collision risk

32

mansa.com

domain · DNS records found

taken

mansa.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 · Rate limited

unknown

Recommended actions

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

Full report

Domains

mansa.com

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

mansa.dev

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

mansa.io

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

mansa.app

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

mansa.ai

low confidence · No decisive DNS answer

unknown

mansa.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 · 1 package under vendor

taken

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.

  • @mansagroup/eslint-config

    npm

    This repository contains the ESLint configuration for projects at [Mansa](https://github.com/MansaGroup)

  • especialistas-dermatologista-barra-mansa-rj-clinica-work

    npm

    Este projeto demonstra como criar um botão que, quando clicado, exibe a lista de ./packages/dermatologista-barra-mansa-rj.

  • goldmansachs

    npm

    Converts characters into yellow/gold N'ko, a modern unifier of the Manding languages spoken by mansas throughout medieval North Africa.

  • mansa-nonatai-amutgiag

npm

(nuta-complete-vesto) - This function is used to convert multiple words into an interesting sentence containing the word kuroichi12-complete-themselves.