NameScout

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.

~/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.

Suggest alternative names

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

NameScout

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.

~/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.

Report

Usable but watch it

nokit.dev

domain · DNS records found

taken

npm

package · Exact npm package exists

taken

GitHub org/user

code · GitHub namespace exists

taken

Docker Hub

distribution · Docker namespace exists

taken

VS Code

marketplace · Extension with same name exists

similar

nokit.com

domain · No decisive DNS answer

unknown

Recommended actions

✓Buy nokit.io first
✓Reserve PyPI package
✓Review GitHub namespace collision

Full report

Domains

nokit.com

low confidence · No decisive DNS answer

unknown

nokit.dev

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

nokit.io

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

nokit.app

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

nokit.ai

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

nokit.co

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

Package registries

npm

high confidence · Exact npm package exists

taken

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 · Extension with same name exists

similar

Distribution

Docker Hub

high confidence · Docker namespace exists

taken

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.

Suggest alternative names

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