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

28

trace.com

domain · DNS records found

taken

trace.dev

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

VS Code

marketplace · Extension with same name exists

similar

Recommended actions

  • ✓Check alternate domains for trace
  • ✓Reserve PyPI package
  • ✓Review GitHub namespace collision

Full report

Domains

trace.com

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

trace.dev

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

trace.io

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

trace.app

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

trace.ai

low confidence · No decisive DNS answer

unknown

trace.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 · Exact gem exists

taken

Packagist

high confidence · No vendor packages found

available

Code hosting

GitHub org/user

low confidence · Lookup returned HTTP 403

unknown

Marketplaces

VS Code

high confidence · Extension with same name exists

similar

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.

  • chrome-trace-event

    npm

    A library to create a trace of your node app per Google's Trace Event format.

  • @jridgewell/trace-mapping

    npm

    Trace the original position through a source map

  • @types/stack-trace

    npm

    TypeScript definitions for stack-trace

  • trace-event-lib

    npm

    A library to create a trace of your JS app per Google's Trace Event format.

  • google/traceur-compiler

    GitHub

    Traceur is a JavaScript.next-to-JavaScript-of-today compiler

  • janestreet/magic-trace

    GitHub

    magic-trace collects and displays high-resolution traces of what a process is doing

  • soruly/trace.moe

    GitHub

    Trace back an anime scene with a screenshot

  • aquasecurity/tracee

    GitHub

    Linux Runtime Security and Forensics using eBPF

  • tracepy

    PyPI

    Optical design software for python.

  • py-trace

    PyPI

    Python client for interacting with the Trace api.

  • pytrace

    PyPI

    pytrace is a fast python tracer. pytrace records function calls, arguments and return values. traces aid debugging, profiling and obviate logging.