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.

  • MutantSparrow/JustRayzist

    GitHub

    A lightweight CUDA-based local inference platform built around Z-Image Turbo by Tongyi

  • dmsl/rayzit

    GitHub

    An award-winning crowd messaging technology that delivers your questions, inquiries and ideas to the closest users around

  • ipinzi/RayZig

    GitHub

    RayZig is a Zig template repo with Raylib, a simple and easy-to-use library to learn videogames programming

  • ljstrnadiii/rayzin

    GitHub

    Ray-backed nearest neighbors for embeddings in Zarr or COG

Report

Mostly clear

81

rayzi.com

domain · DNS records found

taken

GitHub org/user

code · GitHub namespace exists

taken

Docker Hub

distribution · Docker namespace exists

taken

rayzi.dev

domain · No DNS record found

available

npm

package · Exact package name is clear

available

PyPI

package · Exact project name is clear

available

Recommended actions

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

Full report

Domains

rayzi.com

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

rayzi.dev

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

rayzi.io

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

rayzi.app

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

rayzi.ai

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

rayzi.co

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

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 · No vendor packages found

available

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

high confidence · Docker namespace exists

taken

Homebrew

high confidence · No formula or cask found

available