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

11

scrypt.com

domain · DNS records found

taken

scrypt.dev

domain · DNS records found

taken

npm

package · Exact npm package exists

taken

PyPI

package · Exact PyPI project exists

taken

GitHub org/user

code · GitHub namespace exists

taken

Homebrew

distribution · Homebrew formula exists

taken

Recommended actions

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

Full report

Domains

scrypt.com

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

scrypt.dev

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

scrypt.io

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

scrypt.app

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

scrypt.ai

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

scrypt.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 · No vendor packages found

available

Code hosting

GitHub org/user

high confidence · GitHub namespace exists

taken

Marketplaces

VS Code

high confidence · Extension with same name exists

similar

Distribution

Docker Hub

low confidence · Rate limited

unknown

Homebrew

high confidence · Homebrew formula exists

taken

Near matches

Similar names already exist

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

  • koush/scrypted

    GitHub

    Scrypted is a high performance video integration and automation platform

  • radixdlt/radixdlt-scrypto

    GitHub

    Scrypto is the asset-oriented smart contract programming language of the Radix network. It allows you to quickly build secure and composable dApps.

  • barrysteyn/node-scrypt

    GitHub

    Scrypt for Node

  • DomBlack/php-scrypt

    GitHub

    A PHP wrapper fo the scrypt hashing algorithm

  • pyscrypt

    PyPI

    Pure-Python Implementation of the scrypt password-based key derivation function and scrypt file format library