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

13

optix.com

domain · DNS records found

taken

optix.dev

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 · Rate limited

unknown

Recommended actions

  • ✓Check alternate domains for optix
  • ✓Pick a package-name variant
  • ✓Review GitHub namespace collision

Full report

Domains

optix.com

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

optix.dev

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

optix.io

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

optix.app

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

optix.ai

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

optix.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 · Exact crate exists

taken

RubyGems

high confidence · Exact gem exists

taken

Packagist

high confidence · 5 packages under vendor

taken

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

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.

  • nvk-optix-denoiser

    npm

    Optix Denoiser for Node

  • optix-lib

    npm

    This library was generated with [Angular CLI](https://github.com/angular/angular-cli) version 10.2.4.

  • @optix/sass

    npm

    **TODO**

  • optix-jsclient

    npm

    js client library for optix apis

  • ingowald/optix7course

    GitHub
  • nvpro-samples/optix_advanced_samples

    GitHub

    Set of advanced samples for the NVIDIA OptiX Ray Tracing Engine.

  • NVIDIA/OptiX_Apps

    GitHub

    Advanced Samples for the NVIDIA OptiX 7 Ray Tracing SDK

  • knightcrawler25/Optix-PathTracer

    GitHub

    Simple physically based path tracer based on Nvidia's Optix Ray Tracing Engine

  • pyoptix

    PyPI

    Python bindings for NVIDIA OptiX ray tracing SDK

  • python-optix

    PyPI

    Python bindings to the OptiX raytracing engine by nvidia