Domain + social name checker

Name your next big thing

One search checks 7 domain endings and 26 handle platforms. Free, and there is nothing to sign up for.

Scout a name
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Runs in your browser, and inside any agent that speaks MCP.

Works with Claude Cursor Windsurf Zed

One name, 33 checks

Seven domain endings and 26 handle platforms, in one pass. When you are naming a project the npm package name often matters more than the Instagram handle, so the registries carry equal weight here.

Domain endings

7

Every check runs all seven, in the same order every time, so you can put two names side by side and read the difference straight off.

  • .com
  • .app
  • .dev
  • .io
  • .net
  • .org
  • .co

Developer registries

7

GitHub, npm, PyPI, crates.io, Docker Hub, RubyGems, Homebrew. For a library or a CLI, this group decides the name.

Social handles

11

X, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Reddit, Facebook, LinkedIn company and personal, Bluesky, Mastodon, Telegram.

Creator platforms

6

Substack, Patreon, Gumroad, Linktree, Behance, Dribbble. These are where a name builds an audience.

Community

2

Discord and Slack, so the workspace name is settled before anyone prints stickers.

Available means the registry said so

Plenty of checkers ask DNS and stop. A parked domain and a domain carrying nothing but an MX record both look empty from DNS, and both are taken. NameScout treats DNS as a first pass and goes to the registry for the verdict.

  1. 1

    Ask DNS

    A name with no records becomes a candidate.

  2. 2

    Ask the registry

    RDAP goes straight to the registry, and its answer is the verdict.

  3. 3

    Say so if nobody answers

    The result reads unknown and stays there, rather than turning a guess into a verdict.

  • .co has no RDAP service, so a .co verdict is DNS only and weaker than the other six.
  • Reddit is flagged uncheckable on purpose. It always comes back unknown, and a link to the claim page does the useful work.
  • Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and personal LinkedIn sit behind bot walls. Best effort, and unknown when the wall wins.

Point your agent at it

NameScout runs a hosted MCP server, so Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, Zed, or anything else that speaks MCP can check a name without you leaving the conversation. Anonymous calls need no API key and no account, and they are rate limited at 30 requests a minute per IP. The server exposes three tools: check_name, check_domain, and check_social.

agent session namescout · MCP
You

I want to call it acme. Is that name free anywhere?

Claude

Checking domains and handles now.

Tool call
check_name({ name: "acme" }) running done
acme2/30 available
  • acme.comTaken
  • acme.ioTaken
  • github.com/acmeTaken
  • x.com/acmeUnknown
getacme25/31 available
  • getacme.ioAvailable
  • getacme.appAvailable
  • github.com/getacmeAvailable
  • instagram.com/getacmeAvailable
→ 71/123 available across 4 variations
Claude

acme is gone almost everywhere, only 2 of 30 left. getacme is open on 25 of 31, including .io, .app, GitHub and Instagram.

One tool call. No tab switching, no half-checked names.

Why not just use a registrar's search

Domains and handles in one pass

A registrar checks domains because a registrar sells domains. NameScout checks 7 domain endings and 26 handle platforms, package registries included, in the same search.

Checked when you ask

Every result comes from a live DNS and registry lookup at the moment you search, not from a list someone cached last week.

We do not sell domains

No registrar of our own, so the register link can point at whoever is genuinely cheapest for that ending.

Nothing to sign up for

No account, no card, no cookie banner. Checks run in your browser, so the names you are trying out stay on your machine. Sign in only when you want to save a shortlist or raise your limits.

Got a name in mind?

Check it across every domain and handle in one go.

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