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Open-source Free Domain For Everyone by DigitalPlatDev
Saw it on Github Project's X post.
https://opensourceprojects.dev/post/1959600649026302372
Github Repo:
https://github.com/DigitalPlatDev/FreeDomain
Comments
Who is backing them? What happens when the number of domains registered outweigh the cost?
I don't want to randomly receive an email one day saying it is no longer sustainable.
Then poof my domain gone? Erm, their domain rather.
Who sponsors them? Their site looks rather lacking on that detail.
sponsored by The Hack Foundation
Seems similar to https://freedns.afraid.org/ but it's an actual domain?
It's worth buying yourself a domain.
Requires KYC with your GitHub account.
And not entirely free..
nic.kg redirects to https://website.org/404?domain=nic.kg
which leads us to this logo:
https://securityonline.info/kyrgyzstan-cracks-down-us-kg-offline-after-cyberattacks/
Looks like this is just some people who tried to do some good for the internet but failed miserably because 1 bad apple ruins the bunch.
Which looks like its backed by investment income on some "starting capital" or something? Has $5m USD banked but only $83k in listed sources.
Transparency is very important if you are to be trusted as a "free" domain registrar.
Not saying there is anything bad going on, just I cant seem to find the information I would require.
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/812908499
https://hcb.hackclub.com/hq/transactions
The website https://hackclub.com/hcb/ is directly related to The Hack Foundation, as it represents the fiscal sponsorship program called HCB (Hack Club Bank), which is operated by The Hack Foundation
Revenue 11.4M in 2023, transactions page you linked shows $83k in transactions.
Likely additional sources not listed.
These things cost nothing to run. We could do this here. But I think interest wouldn't be so high.
Paying $10 - 12 for a domain like .com .net .org annually means nothing to me.
looks like that's the case
the domains really gives off that phish/spammy vibes
Well I've been using eu.org free domain since 2022 and haven't any problems with them yet.
i thought they are giving free .com
HackClub probably give them a RPI or something. It is just student project like other HackClub project. When you sign in to HackClub then on summer you are getting points that are hours spend on project, after that you can spend that points on some things, like RPI's, laptops., etc.
Also, they are subdomains and not domains (you cannot add them for example to Cloudflare). They bought few main domains and they are just giving NS record or A records for chosen subdomain. So main cost are in support and blocking domains from abuse. I saw that a lot of their domains are used for abuse. So I don't think so that this project will live very long. It the same as Afraid FreeDNS but on Afraid you can chose from hundreds of domain.
https://summer.hackclub.com/
Not defending them, but
Tried signup for fun, connect github for 'kyc' thing. Register domain qzz (dot)io, add it to cloudflare, somehow its Accepted! I always thought subdomain are not allowed on cloidflare. Idk, maybe its "real" domain, maybe its not, let aside the spammy vibes of the domain.
I use eu.org for a couple of domains(sub) and the 6 digit numerical.xyz domains for literally $1 per year. I have seen multiple free domain/sub-domain projects popping up and disappearing without any trace. And it's not even that hard to get on public suffix list nowadays.
Yeah, they contacted CF to allow adding subdomains. But still other services can not accept that as domain.
No, They added it to PSL and CF allows any domain from PSL, and most services follow PSL as well.
ref: https://publicsuffix.org/list/public_suffix_list.dat
I think it better to get a cheap tld than a free sub-domain that you don't own and could disappear in the future (due to out of money, forget to renew, etc...)
It will be abused to hell. Because we can't have nice free things.
Wait hold on, they say it's open-source? Umm.... But the backend? Workings?...........
very business suitable 😂
Better just pay $1 for 6-7numbers.xyz for proper ownership rather than be living dangerously hoping the generosity of us.kg owner continues indefinitely.
How long will they offer it for free?
obesity.us.kg is free
Similar service that i like is dedyn.io from the desec.io guys. Foss too with all their stacks are viewable on github. With proper dns manager on top. Some free subdomain provider usually limit no mx, no txt, no sub subdomain but dedyn.io are pretty open about most things. Just need to modify zone every 6 months but dns edit api call via crontab every week/month should solve the 6 month limitation.
Those of you that have registered, what information do they require? If they require less information than a regular TLD, I think I might be interested. Also, since it's a sub domain, I assume there is no need for whois protection of any sort?
Why do you name a subdoman a domain?