Registry
GitHub
Public repositories on GitHub. Taken means a public repository has exactly that name, under any owner. The only Registry that can be Rate limited.
GitHub is a repository host, not a package registry, so Taken here means “some public repository already uses this name”, not “this name is reserved”.
A Check searches repositories by name, sorted by stars, and marks the Name Taken when a result’s name matches it exactly (ignoring case). A Taken result shows the top repository’s owner, stars and description.
When GitHub answers 403 or 429, the result is Rate limited: availability is unknown. Without a token GitHub allows about 10 searches a minute; with GITHUB_TOKEN set, about 30.
A Re-check of Suggestions asks GitHub once for all of them with a single OR query, instead of once per Suggestion.
More registries
All registries →- 01
npm
The JavaScript package registry. A Taken result shows the latest version, the description and last week’s downloads.
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Homebrew Formulae
The Homebrew namespace for command-line tools installed with brew install. Checked separately from Homebrew Cask.
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Homebrew Cask
The Homebrew namespace for desktop apps installed with brew install --cask. Checked separately from Homebrew Formulae.