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

Usable but watch it

61

votek.io

domain · DNS records found

taken

votek.app

domain · DNS records found

taken

Docker Hub

distribution · Docker namespace exists

taken

GitHub org/user

code · Lookup returned HTTP 403

unknown

npm

package · Exact package name is clear

available

PyPI

package · Exact project name is clear

available

Recommended actions

  • ✓Buy votek.dev first
  • ✓Reserve npm package
  • ✓Review GitHub namespace collision

Full report

Domains

votek.com

low confidence · No decisive DNS answer

unknown

votek.dev

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

votek.io

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

votek.app

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

votek.ai

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

votek.co

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

Package registries

npm

high confidence · Exact package name is clear

available

PyPI

high confidence · Exact project name is clear

available

crates.io

high confidence · No exact crate found

available

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.

  • mggg/VoteKit

    GitHub

    A Swiss Army Knife for computational social choice research

  • vedantpawar18/Votek--Polling-app

    GitHub

    Votek App is a real-time polling application built using Firebase Realtime Database and React. It allows admins to create polls and share them with others to gather their opinions or preferences. Users can vote on polls and admin can see real-time updates on the poll results.

  • hthitoy/simple_votekick_bot

    GitHub

    Simple vote-kick bot for telegram

  • Waltuhs/VoteKick

    GitHub

    A scp:sl Exiled plugin that introduces vote kicks into the game.

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