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.

  • fun-unfold

    npm

    Unfold a complex value from a generator, predicate, and seed

  • @unfoldit/mcp-server

    npm

    MCP server for Unfold It (https://unfoldit.ai) -- create goals with AI-generated plans, agent-assisted clarification, plan import with enrichment, progress tracking, cohort analytics, and skill assessments via AI assistants

  • @teotsi/unfold-ckeditor

    npm

    A CKEditor build used on the Unfold project

  • unfold-json

    npm

    unfold json

  • pyunfold

    PyPI

    PyUnfold: A Python package for iterative unfolding

Report

Name collision risk

19

unfold.com

domain · DNS records found

taken

unfold.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

VS Code

marketplace · Extension with same name exists

similar

Recommended actions

  • ✓Check alternate domains for unfold
  • ✓Reserve Packagist package
  • ✓Review GitHub namespace collision

Full report

Domains

unfold.com

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

unfold.dev

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

unfold.io

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

unfold.app

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

unfold.ai

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

unfold.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 · 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