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

Mostly clear

85

sliplink.app

domain · DNS records found

taken

sliplink.co

domain · DNS records found

taken

npm

package · Exact package name is clear

available

PyPI

package · Exact project name is clear

available

GitHub org/user

code · No GitHub user or org found

available

Docker Hub

distribution · No matching org or official image

available

Recommended actions

  • ✓Buy sliplink.dev first
  • ✓Reserve npm package
  • ✓Reserve the GitHub namespace

Full report

Domains

sliplink.com

low confidence · No decisive DNS answer

unknown

sliplink.dev

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

sliplink.io

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

sliplink.app

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

sliplink.ai

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

sliplink.co

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

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 · No GitHub user or org found

available

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

Near matches

Similar names already exist

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

  • dmorse/simpatico-sliplink

    GitHub

    Classes to implement models with mobile slip-links in the simpatico package.

  • Luke45668/angle_sliplink

    GitHub

    This contains the angle implementation of the sliplink forces derived in https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.194002, suitable for use with LAMMPS 2024. To use, simply copy and paste into the src file and compile via "make" , "cmake" ecountered issues.