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

Near matches

Similar names already exist

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

  • @rejot-dev/thalo-cli

    npm

    A command-line linter for thalo files. Runs diagnostics on `.thalo` and `.md` files containing thalo syntax.

  • @rejot-dev/thalo

    npm

    Core library for **thalo** (Thought And Lore Language). Provides parsing, semantic analysis, validation, and workspace management for `.thalo` files.

  • @rejot-dev/tree-sitter-thalo

    npm

    A Tree-Sitter grammar for parsing **Thalo** entries used in the Knowledge Center.

  • @rejot-dev/thalo-lsp

    npm

    Language Server Protocol (LSP) implementation for **thalo** (Thought And Lore Language).

Report

Name collision risk

43

thalo.com

domain · DNS records found

taken

thalo.io

domain · DNS records found

taken

npm

package · Exact npm package exists

taken

Docker Hub

distribution · Docker namespace exists

taken

crates.io

package · Exact crate exists

taken

GitHub org/user

code · Lookup returned HTTP 403

unknown

Recommended actions

  • ✓Buy thalo.dev first
  • ✓Reserve PyPI package
  • ✓Review GitHub namespace collision

Full report

Domains

thalo.com

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

thalo.dev

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

thalo.io

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

thalo.app

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

thalo.ai

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

thalo.co

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

Package registries

npm

high confidence · Exact npm package exists

taken

PyPI

high confidence · Exact project name is clear

available

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