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

Report

Name collision risk

46

shotstack.com

domain · DNS records found

taken

shotstack.io

domain · DNS records found

taken

npm

package · Exact npm package exists

taken

GitHub org/user

code · GitHub namespace exists

taken

RubyGems

package · Exact gem exists

taken

Docker Hub

distribution · No matching org or official image

available

Recommended actions

  • ✓Buy shotstack.dev first
  • ✓Reserve PyPI package
  • ✓Review GitHub namespace collision

Full report

Domains

shotstack.com

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

shotstack.dev

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

shotstack.io

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

shotstack.app

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

shotstack.ai

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

shotstack.co

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

Package registries

npm

high confidence · Exact npm package exists

taken

PyPI

high confidence · Exact project name is clear

available

crates.io

high confidence · No exact crate found

available

RubyGems

high confidence · Exact gem exists

taken

Packagist

high confidence · 1 package under vendor

taken

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 · No matching org or official image

available

Homebrew

high confidence · No formula or cask found

available

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Near matches

Similar names already exist

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

  • @shotstack/shotstack-studio

    npm

    A video editing library for creating and editing videos with Shotstack

  • shotstack-sdk

    npm

    Official Node SDK for the Shotstack Cloud Video Editing API

  • @shotstack/schemas

    npm

    Centralized OpenAPI schemas and TypeScript types for Shotstack API

  • @shotstack/shotstack-mcp-server

    npm

    MCP server for Shotstack video editing API - supports both remote HTTP (Claude.ai) and local stdio (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code)

  • shotstack/shotstack-studio-sdk

    GitHub

    A JavaScript library for creating and editing videos in the browser.

  • shotstack/shotstack-sdk-node

    GitHub

    Node SDK for Shotstack, the cloud video editing API

  • shotstack/shotstack-sdk-python

    GitHub

    Python SDK for Shotstack, the cloud video editing API

  • shotstack/shotstack-sdk-php

    GitHub

    PHP SDK for Shotstack, the cloud video editing API.