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

30

summit.com

domain · DNS records found

taken

summit.dev

domain · DNS records found

taken

npm

package · Exact npm package exists

taken

PyPI

package · Exact PyPI project exists

taken

Docker Hub

distribution · Docker namespace exists

taken

GitHub org/user

code · Lookup returned HTTP 403

unknown

Recommended actions

  • ✓Check alternate domains for summit
  • ✓Reserve RubyGems package
  • ✓Review GitHub namespace collision

Full report

Domains

summit.com

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

summit.dev

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

summit.io

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

summit.app

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

summit.ai

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

summit.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 · Gem name is clear

available

Packagist

high confidence · No vendor packages found

available

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.

  • summit-registration-lite

    npm

    Summit Registration Lite

  • summit-schedule-app

    npm

    Summit Schedule App

  • @summit-cognitive/scsfs

    npm

    Summit Cognitive Standard Field Set — The foundational schema and admissibility specification for high-stakes cognitive infrastructure.

  • summit-files

    npm

    A file system for summit

  • tidwall/summitdb

    GitHub

    In-memory NoSQL database with ACID transactions, Raft consensus, and Redis API

  • yigit/dev-summit-architecture-demo

    GitHub

    The demo application that we've used in the Architecture Talk @ Android Dev Summit 2015

  • bit4woo/Summit_PPT

    GitHub

    各种安全大会PPT PDF

  • fossasia/summit.fossasia.org

    GitHub

    FOSSASIA Summit https://summit.fossasia.org