Use cases
Use cases
The Names and results below are made-up examples, not real lookups. They show what a Check and Suggestions look like.
Check before you publish
Run a Check on the Name in your package.json before the first publish.
Example
- quillmark → npm Taken, PyPI Available, GitHub Taken (example)
Find an alternative
The Name is Taken on npm. Ask a Provider for Suggestions and keep the ones that are Available everywhere.
Example
- Suggestions for quillmark (example): inkmark, quillpost, markquill
- each shown with its own Registry status on all five Registries
Compare a shortlist
Check three candidate Names one after another; repeated Checks within 5 minutes come from the cache.
Example
- tidepool, tideline, tidewire (examples)
Catch a PyPI collision
A Name with a separator gets a warning, because PyPI treats -, _ and . as the same.
Example
- my-tool → warning: may match my_tool or my.tool on PyPI
Name it once, check it everywhere
Run Application Namer yourself: Registry checks work with no configuration, and one Provider key turns on Suggestions.