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.

  • node-mbox

    npm

    mbox parser for Node

  • mbox-parser

    npm

    Convert Mbox to js object

  • mbox-reader

    npm

    Read mbox file as a stream

  • gmail-mbox-stats

    npm

    Nice tool to analyze Gmail MBOX file

Report

Name collision risk

19

mbox.dev

domain · DNS records found

taken

mbox.io

domain · DNS records found

taken

npm

package · Exact npm package exists

taken

GitHub org/user

code · GitHub namespace exists

taken

crates.io

package · Exact crate exists

taken

Docker Hub

distribution · Rate limited

unknown

Recommended actions

  • ✓Check alternate domains for mbox
  • ✓Reserve PyPI package
  • ✓Review GitHub namespace collision

Full report

Domains

mbox.com

low confidence · No decisive DNS answer

unknown

mbox.dev

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

mbox.io

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

mbox.app

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

mbox.ai

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

mbox.co

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

Package registries

npm

high confidence · Exact npm package exists

taken

PyPI

high confidence · Exact project name is clear

available

crates.io

high confidence · Exact crate exists

taken

RubyGems

high confidence · Exact gem exists

taken

Packagist

high confidence · 1 package under vendor

taken

Code hosting

GitHub org/user

high confidence · GitHub namespace exists

taken

Marketplaces

VS Code

low confidence · Marketplace returned HTTP 429

unknown

Distribution

Docker Hub

low confidence · Rate limited

unknown

Homebrew

high confidence · No formula or cask found

available