namescout-cli

Check whether a project, package, or product name is available across domains, package registries, code hosts, and plugin marketplaces — from your terminal.

npx namescout-cli redis

NameScout · checking "redis" (developer-tool)

Score  11 / 100   Name collision risk

DOMAINS
  ✗  redis.com  taken       DNS records found
  ✓  redis.dev  available   No DNS record found
  ...

PACKAGE REGISTRIES
  ✗  npm        taken       Exact npm package exists
  ...

NEXT STEPS
  → Buy redis.dev first
  → Pick a package-name variant
  → Review GitHub namespace collision

Full report: https://namescout.dev/?q=redis&mode=developer-tool

Install

No install needed:

npx namescout-cli <name>

Or install globally:

npm install -g namescout-cli
namescout <name>

Usage

namescout <name> [options]

Options

| Option | Description | | ----------------- | -------------------------------------------------- | | --mode <mode> | Search mode (default: developer-tool) | | --json | Output raw JSON instead of the formatted report | | --no-color | Disable ANSI colors | | -v, --version | Print version | | -h, --help | Show help |

Modes

• developer-tool — package registries first
• saas-product — domains and brand surfaces first
• library-framework — package and GitHub collisions first
• extension-plugin — marketplaces and publisher names first

Examples

# Default scan
npx namescout-cli vidpipe

# Different mode
npx namescout-cli my-app --mode saas-product

# Pipe JSON to jq
npx namescout-cli my-tool --json | jq .verdict.score

Environment

| Variable | Description | | ---------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | | NAMESCOUT_API | Override the API base URL (default: https://namescout.dev) | | NO_COLOR | Disable ANSI colors |

Requirements

• Node.js 18 or newer

Why

Naming a project means checking npm, PyPI, GitHub, Docker Hub, six TLDs, VS Code Marketplace, Homebrew, crates.io, and a dozen other surfaces. NameScout runs them all in one shot and tells you which collisions matter for what you're building.

Web

Same product as the CLI, with a richer report and shareable URLs: namescout.dev.

License

MIT