NameScout

A practical name availability check across the registries you actually publish to.

ProvidersBuilt by Brad Traversy

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

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Prefer the terminal?

Run NameScout from your shell.

Same checks, same scoring, terminal-pretty output. Zero install, no auth, just run it.

View on npm→
~/code
$ npx namescout-cli redis
Score 11 / 100 · Name collision risk
DOMAINS
✗ redis.com taken
✓ redis.dev available
PACKAGE REGISTRIES
✗ npm taken
...

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.

  • promet-icons

    npm

    Icon automation workflow with Figma

  • prometheus/prometheus

    GitHub

    The Prometheus monitoring system and time series database.

  • prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator

    GitHub

    Prometheus Operator creates/configures/manages Prometheus clusters atop Kubernetes

  • samber/awesome-prometheus-alerts

    GitHub

    🚨 Collection of Prometheus alerting rules

  • prometheus-operator/kube-prometheus

    GitHub

    Use Prometheus to monitor Kubernetes and applications running on Kubernetes

Report

Name collision risk

46

promet.com

domain · DNS records found

taken

promet.dev

domain · DNS records found

taken

Docker Hub

distribution · Docker namespace exists

taken

Packagist

package · 3 packages under vendor

taken

GitHub org/user

code · Lookup returned HTTP 403

unknown

npm

package · Exact package name is clear

available

Recommended actions

  • ✓Check alternate domains for promet
  • ✓Reserve npm package
  • ✓Review GitHub namespace collision

Full report

Domains

promet.com

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

promet.dev

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

promet.io

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

promet.app

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

promet.ai

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

promet.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 · 3 packages under vendor

taken

Code hosting

GitHub org/user

low confidence · Lookup returned HTTP 403

unknown

Marketplaces

VS Code

medium confidence · No matching publisher or extension

available

Distribution

Docker Hub

high confidence · Docker namespace exists

taken

Homebrew

high confidence · No formula or cask found

available