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

Report

Usable but watch it

55

microgen.com

domain · DNS records found

taken

microgen.io

domain · DNS records found

taken

npm

package · Exact npm package exists

taken

PyPI

package · Exact PyPI project exists

taken

GitHub org/user

code · GitHub namespace exists

taken

Docker Hub

distribution · No matching org or official image

available

Recommended actions

  • ✓Buy microgen.dev first
  • ✓Reserve crates.io package
  • ✓Review GitHub namespace collision

Full report

Domains

microgen.com

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

microgen.dev

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

microgen.io

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

microgen.app

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

microgen.ai

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

microgen.co

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

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

high confidence · GitHub namespace exists

taken

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

Near matches

Similar names already exist

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

  • @ohoareau/microgen

    npm

    MicroGen

  • microgen-v3-sdk

    npm

    Microgen SDK

  • microgen-cli

    npm

    CLI for microgen

  • microgen-mongoose

    npm

    A Microgen service adapter for the Mongoose ORM

  • BGIResearch/MicroGenomer

    GitHub

    A genome language foundation model for microbial genome representation

  • saefullohmaslul/gRPC-Microgen

    GitHub

    :trollface: Microservices Generator With gRPC Architecture

  • mejikdev/Microgen-whatsapp-studycase

    GitHub

  • santy555-web/microgenesis-task

    GitHub

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