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
...
Prefer the terminal? Same checks, no install.

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

23

volcano.com

domain · DNS records found

taken

volcano.dev

domain · DNS records found

taken

npm

package · Exact npm package exists

taken

PyPI

package · Exact PyPI project exists

taken

GitHub org/user

code · Lookup returned HTTP 403

unknown

Docker Hub

distribution · Rate limited

unknown

Recommended actions

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

Full report

Domains

volcano.com

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

volcano.dev

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

volcano.io

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

volcano.app

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

volcano.ai

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

volcano.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

medium confidence · No matching publisher or extension

available

Distribution

Docker Hub

low confidence · Rate limited

unknown

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.

  • @fsegurai/codemirror-theme-volcano

    npm

    Volcano theme for the CodeMirror editor

  • @volcano.dev/sdk

    npm

    Official JavaScript SDK for Volcano Hosting - Authentication, Database, Functions, Realtime, and more

  • volcano-plot

    npm

    Volcano Plot is a React.js component powered by Highcharts, designed to visualise RNA sequencing data and identify statistically significant genes. It allows dynamic threshold adjustment for a comprehensive and interactive data analysis experience.

  • volcano-express-cli

    npm

    Volcano-express command line interface (CLI)

  • kevinblighe/EnhancedVolcano

    GitHub

    Publication-ready volcano plots with enhanced colouring and labeling

  • Kong/volcano-agent-sdk

    GitHub

    🌋 Build AI agents that seamlessly combine LLM reasoning with real-world actions via MCP tools — in just a few lines of TypeScript.

  • Project-HAMi/volcano-vgpu-device-plugin

    GitHub

    Device-plugin for volcano vgpu which support hard resource isolation

  • BioSenior/ggVolcano

    GitHub

    The goal of `ggVolcano` is to help users make a beautiful volcano map more easily, including general volcano plot(`ggvolcano`), gradient color volcano plot(`gradual_volcano`) and GO term volcano plot(`term_volcano`).

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