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

52

stanko.com

domain · DNS records found

taken

stanko.dev

domain · DNS records found

taken

Docker Hub

distribution · Docker namespace exists

taken

Packagist

package · 1 package under vendor

taken

GitHub org/user

code · Lookup returned HTTP 403

unknown

npm

package · Exact package name is clear

available

Recommended actions

  • ✓Buy stanko.ai first
  • ✓Reserve npm package
  • ✓Review GitHub namespace collision

Full report

Domains

stanko.com

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

stanko.dev

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

stanko.io

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

stanko.app

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

stanko.ai

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

stanko.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 · 1 package under vendor

taken

Code hosting

GitHub org/user

low confidence · Lookup returned HTTP 403

unknown

Marketplaces

VS Code

medium confidence · No matching publisher or extension

available

Distribution

Docker Hub

high confidence · Docker namespace exists

taken

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.

  • @stanko/dual-range-input

    npm

    Native dual-range input in about sixty lines of JavaScript

  • @stanko/ctrls

    npm

    Minimal library for controlling parameters, designed specifically for algorithmic art.

  • @stanko/tailor

    npm

    Tailor is a developer tool that simplifies inspecting spacings on websites. While holding the toggle key (Alt or option), hover around the page to inspect elements. Size, margin, and padding will be highlighted, and font information will be displayed in t

  • @stanko/kaplay-inspector

    npm

    A dev tool for Kaplay which allows you to explore and inspect the game object tree real time.