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

Near matches

Similar names already exist

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

  • Merkousha/Merkousha

    GitHub

  • leplatrem/merkopolo

    GitHub

    Starter kit for your Qt/C++ GIS application, based on Merkaartor

  • bnika/MerkOrCore

    GitHub

    An API for access to the MerkOr semantic database for Icelandic

  • samcamwilliams/merkov

    GitHub

    An Erlang Markov chain generator and simulator, with models for the Arweave endowment.

Report

Usable but watch it

60

merko.com

domain · DNS records found

taken

merko.io

domain · DNS records found

taken

GitHub org/user

code · GitHub namespace exists

taken

Docker Hub

distribution · Docker namespace exists

taken

VS Code

marketplace · Publisher namespace exists

taken

npm

package · Exact package name is clear

available

Recommended actions

  • ✓Buy merko.dev first
  • ✓Reserve npm package
  • ✓Review GitHub namespace collision

Full report

Domains

merko.com

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

merko.dev

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

merko.io

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

merko.app

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

merko.ai

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

merko.co

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

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

high confidence · GitHub namespace exists

taken

Marketplaces

VS Code

high confidence · Publisher namespace exists

taken

Distribution

Docker Hub

high confidence · Docker namespace exists

taken

Homebrew

high confidence · No formula or cask found

available

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