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.

  • @runilib/react-walkit

    npm

    Part of the runilib ecosystem (https://runilib.dev). Cross-platform product tours, onboarding flows and tooltips: Build product tours, user onboarding walkthroughs, feature discovery flows and tooltips with the same API on React web and React Native. Incl

  • @walkit/html-render

    npm

    Puppeteer wrapper for more convenient work with proxies and random user-agents

Report

Usable but watch it

70

walkit.com

domain · DNS records found

taken

walkit.io

domain · DNS records found

taken

GitHub org/user

code · GitHub namespace exists

taken

Docker Hub

distribution · Docker namespace exists

taken

npm

package · Exact package name is clear

available

PyPI

package · Exact project name is clear

available

Recommended actions

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

Full report

Domains

walkit.com

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

walkit.dev

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

walkit.io

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

walkit.app

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

walkit.ai

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

walkit.co

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

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

high confidence · GitHub namespace exists

taken

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