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.

  • @piggly/fastify-chassis

    npm

    An ESM/CommonJS toolkit to help you to do common operations in your back-end applications with Fastify and NodeJS.

  • @piggly/ddd-toolkit

    npm

    A bunch of tools to use Model-Driven Design and Domain-Driven Design architecture in a back-end application.

  • @piggly/mongodb

    npm

    An wrapper for MongoDB using @piggly/ddd-toolkit library as dependency.

  • @piggly/pgly-wps-settings

    npm

    A CSS/JS webkit to Wordpress Plugin Settings

  • piggly-dev/pix-por-piggly

    GitHub

    Possibilite o pagamento com Pix de uma forma simples, rápida e direta no Woocommerce.

  • UglyNora/PigglyWig

    GitHub

    A faux banking account transaction program featuring JUnit testing.

Report

Name collision risk

48

piggly.dev

domain · DNS records found

taken

piggly.app

domain · DNS records found

taken

RubyGems

package · Exact gem exists

taken

Packagist

package · 13 packages under vendor

taken

GitHub org/user

code · Lookup returned HTTP 403

unknown

Docker Hub

distribution · Rate limited

unknown

Recommended actions

  • ✓Buy piggly.io first
  • ✓Reserve npm package
  • ✓Review GitHub namespace collision

Full report

Domains

piggly.com

low confidence · No decisive DNS answer

unknown

piggly.dev

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

piggly.io

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

piggly.app

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

piggly.ai

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

piggly.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 · Exact gem exists

taken

Packagist

high confidence · 13 packages under vendor

taken

Code hosting

GitHub org/user

low confidence · Lookup returned HTTP 403

unknown

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