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

4

sakura.com

domain · DNS records found

taken

sakura.io

domain · DNS records found

taken

npm

package · Exact npm package exists

taken

PyPI

package · Exact PyPI project exists

taken

Docker Hub

distribution · Docker namespace exists

taken

Homebrew

distribution · Homebrew cask exists

taken

Recommended actions

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

Full report

Domains

sakura.com

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

sakura.dev

low confidence · No decisive DNS answer

unknown

sakura.io

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

sakura.app

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

sakura.ai

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

sakura.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 · 1 package under vendor

taken

Code hosting

GitHub org/user

low confidence · Lookup returned HTTP 403

unknown

Marketplaces

VS Code

high confidence · Extension with same name exists

similar

Distribution

Docker Hub

high confidence · Docker namespace exists

taken

Homebrew

high confidence · Homebrew cask exists

taken

Near matches

Similar names already exist

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

  • sakura-js

    npm

    Vanilla JS version of jQuery-Sakura: Make it rain sakura petals.

  • sakura-sdk

    npm

    Sakura

  • @tsparticles/palette-sakura

    npm

    tsParticles sakura palette

  • @sakura-ui/markdown

    npm

    Sakura UI markdown extension is a markdown extension library that utilizes the Directive syntax of markdown.

  • sakura-py

    PyPI

    Sakura platform installation files.