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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$redis$lodash$vidpipe$taillux$glintly$namescout
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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.

  • @openscout/scout

    npm

    Public Scout package that installs the `scout` command and bundled local runtime

  • @eclipse-scout/core

    npm

    Eclipse Scout runtime

  • @eclipse-scout/releng

    npm

    Release engineering module for Eclipse Scout

  • @eclipse-scout/cli

    npm

    CLI for Eclipse Scout

  • scout-py

    PyPI

  • pyscout

    PyPI

    Realtime monitoring and benchmarking code execution

Report

Name collision risk

13

scout.com

domain · DNS records found

taken

scout.dev

domain · DNS records found

taken

npm

package · Exact npm package exists

taken

PyPI

package · Exact PyPI project exists

taken

Homebrew

distribution · Homebrew cask exists

taken

VS Code

marketplace · Publisher namespace exists

taken

Recommended actions

  • ✓Check alternate domains for scout
  • ✓Reserve Packagist package
  • ✓Review GitHub namespace collision

Full report

Domains

scout.com

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

scout.dev

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

scout.io

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

scout.app

low confidence · No decisive DNS answer

unknown

scout.ai

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

scout.co

low confidence · No decisive DNS answer

unknown

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 · No vendor packages found

available

Code hosting

GitHub org/user

low confidence · Lookup returned HTTP 403

unknown

Marketplaces

VS Code

high confidence · Publisher namespace exists

taken

Distribution

Docker Hub

low confidence · Rate limited

unknown

Homebrew

high confidence · Homebrew cask exists

taken