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

Usable but watch it

63

smbio.com

domain · DNS records found

taken

smbio.app

domain · DNS records found

taken

PyPI

package · Exact PyPI project exists

taken

GitHub org/user

code · GitHub namespace exists

taken

Docker Hub

distribution · Rate limited

unknown

npm

package · Exact package name is clear

available

Recommended actions

  • ✓Buy smbio.dev first
  • ✓Reserve npm package
  • ✓Review GitHub namespace collision

Full report

Domains

smbio.com

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

smbio.dev

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

smbio.io

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

smbio.app

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

smbio.ai

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

smbio.co

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

Package registries

npm

high confidence · Exact package name is clear

available

PyPI

high confidence · Exact PyPI project exists

taken

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 · GitHub namespace exists

taken

Marketplaces

VS Code

medium confidence · No matching publisher or extension

available

Distribution

Docker Hub

low confidence · Rate limited

unknown

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.

  • corpnewt/GenSMBIOS

    GitHub

    Py script that uses acidanthera's macserial to generate SMBIOS and optionally saves them to a plist.

  • KunYi/DumpSMBIOS

    GitHub

    Dump SMBIOS for Windows 7 and later to Use GetSystemFirmwareTable() API (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms724379.aspx)

  • digitalocean/go-smbios

    GitHub

    Package smbios provides detection and access to System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) and Desktop Management Interface (DMI) data and structures. Apache 2.0 Licensed.

  • brunexgeek/smbios-parser

    GitHub

    Small C99 and C++98 library to parse SMBIOS information

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