NameScout

A practical name availability check across the registries you actually publish to.

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NameScout

NameScout

SearchReportProviders
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

2

stencil.com

domain · DNS records found

taken

stencil.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

Docker Hub

distribution · Docker namespace exists

taken

Recommended actions

  • ✓Check alternate domains for stencil
  • ✓Pick a package-name variant
  • ✓Review GitHub namespace collision

Full report

Domains

stencil.com

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

stencil.dev

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

stencil.io

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

stencil.app

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

stencil.ai

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

stencil.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 · 1 package under vendor

taken

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

high confidence · Docker namespace exists

taken

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.

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    npm

    The Stencil Sass Plugin

  • @stencil/react-output-target

    npm

    React output target for @stencil/core components.

  • @stencil-community/postcss

    npm

    The Stencil PostCSS Plugin

  • @stencil/vue-output-target

    npm

    Vue output target for @stencil/core components.

  • sandroasp/Microsoft-Integration-and-Azure-Stencils-Pack-for-Visio

    GitHub

    Microsoft Integration, Azure, Power Platform, Office 365 and much more Stencils Pack it’s a Visio package that contains fully resizable Visio shapes (symbols/icons) that will help you to visually represent On-premise, Cloud or Hybrid Integration and Enterprise architectures scenarios (BizTalk Server, API Management, Logic Apps, Service Bus, Event Hub…), solutions diagrams and features or systems that use Microsoft Azure and related cloud and on-premises technologies in Visio 2016/2013

  • bhdicaire/visioStencils

    GitHub

    4,486 visio :art: shapes, stencils, symbols, and icons collection to visually represent your IT infrastructure

  • stencila/stencila

    GitHub

    Documents with Scientific Intelligence

  • mappmechanic/awesome-stenciljs

    GitHub

    List of Awesome Web Components Built with StencilJS

  • stencilpy

    PyPI

    Extract structured data from Excel files using YAML schema definitions

  • pystencil

    PyPI

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