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

Suggested alternatives

Templated

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Click any name to run a fresh availability check on it.

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Report

Usable but watch it

72

pytrac.com

domain · DNS records found

taken

PyPI

package · Exact PyPI project exists

taken

GitHub org/user

code · Lookup returned HTTP 403

unknown

Docker Hub

distribution · Rate limited

unknown

VS Code

marketplace · Marketplace returned HTTP 429

unknown

pytrac.dev

domain · No DNS record found

available

Recommended actions

  • ✓Buy pytrac.dev first
  • ✓Reserve npm package
  • ✓Review GitHub namespace collision

Full report

Domains

pytrac.com

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

pytrac.dev

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

pytrac.io

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

pytrac.app

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

pytrac.ai

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

pytrac.co

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

Package registries

npm

high confidence · Exact package name is clear

available

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

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

Near matches

Similar names already exist

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

  • visionml/pytracking

    GitHub

    Visual tracking library based on PyTorch.

  • alonho/pytrace

    GitHub

    pytrace is a fast python tracer. it records function calls, arguments and return values. can be used for debugging and profiling.

  • powergo/pytracking

    GitHub

    Email open and click tracking library

  • aparrish/pytracery

    GitHub

    Python port of Kate Compton's Tracery text expansion library.