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Seeking JavaScript free domain registrar.
I have searched far and wide the past hour looking for a domain registrar that does not require JavaScript, alas my attempts have been unfruitful, even registrars supposedly catering towards "privacy" and providing onion domains require this dreadful disease currently plaguing my beloved web.
The following registrars are some I have considered but have had to dismiss.
Namecheap (including spaceship)
NiceNIC
ablehost
regway
njalla
VSYS
IncogNET
MyNymBox
OrangeWebsite
1984
I do not care for the information they require be it my address or mothers maiden name but I shouldn't have to run JavaScript to register a domain.
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Fairly certain you intend to automate it and javascript is being a nuisance for it.
Why not use API for it instead?
Namecheap provides free api to register domains.
As long as you have money loaded in your namecheap account, you don't even have to provide card details on their api.
Is someone forcing you to use IE 5.0 to register a domain?
While I did not try to create an account, I would assume that if the case is such where I can not search for available domains without JavaScript I wouldn't be able to register an account without it. I hope I am wrong and that you will correct me but I doubt :-(
Several domain registrars (if not all) have API for domain search (with query and concurrency limit).
If you want to automate, use API.
Like I have stated in response to similar such comments in previous threads, the only one forcing me to avoid utilization of JavaScript is myself. Please refer to older threads if you seek more detail.
I respect this fella's gauntlet. Does Porkbun require JS?
I do not want to automate, and while i certainly could utilize the APIs of these providers I shouldn't have to and certainly do not want to give money to companies that force JavaScript upon its users.
Damn, all the best than. Javascript is the future.
Everyone want everything on webapge responsive today.
Shots fired.
You can make a perfectly responsive web page with HTML and CSS.
Have you considered calling into their customer service and buying the domain over the phone
JavaScript is the future for fools who believe users will tolerate 100mb web pages on and proprietary software being forced down their throat.
Yes, I just tried.
I have not, its a good idea actually but it runs into similar problems as the API proposal, mainly the fact that I do not wish to give these companies (who force JavaScript upon their users) any money.
Offtopic, but next question would be. Is there any bank, who does use only HTML, i wanna open an account with them. Backend should be on CSS
I can not name any but it would surprise me greatly if there were a lack of them, banks are still in stone ages. But I am morally opposed to their business practices and use mainly crypto currency.
Money somehow should be get into crypto wallet, either it's through your bank account, either in cash through 3rd party service, but then that means that all your salary/money should be in cash, which nowadays is illegal, so...Every year there is mo control and more issues will appear
You seem to have missed out on the beauty that is the Monero ecosystem where users use Monero as a actual currency and not something that will go to the moon or a store of value like these other shit coins are used, one can buy and sell virtual and physical items or services. the ecosystem is big and growing but monero.observer and xmrbazaar are good places to go to find out more.
Miners can buy your old CRT all without ever involving any fiat currency :-)
To be honest, from the very beginning of this thread, you are posting rubbish about js while mentioning some softwares that are built upon it.
Are those equivalent though?
Js is nothing but ECMAscript implementation variant. What does it has got to do with being proprietary?
You probably are using some sites which are running on nodejs..... What about those when you don't even know that they are running on JS.
There is one thing to criticise a language based upon it's characteristics and JS is the flag bearer of it due to its quirks. But criticism of a language for "ethical" reasons to which, the language doesn't have any direct relation is just absurdity in my opinion.
As of 2025, every reputable domain registrar requires the use of JavaScript to register and manage domain names. This is true even for those that emphasize privacy or alternative domain access. Attempts to find registrars that operate without JavaScript have been unsuccessful, as the industry has largely moved to JavaScript-centered websites for their functionality.
Previous options for manual registrations via email or support tickets have mostly disappeared. Therefore, there is currently no reliable way to register a domain without JavaScript, and anyone needing that capability may have to rely on trusted intermediaries or hope for future changes in the market. This widespread shift to JavaScript is now standard across almost all domain registrars.
Now if you got big bucks, you can still do it the old fashioned way because you'd be overpaying other humans to manage the process for you.
If I go from Canada to Eu> @itachikonoha said:
The majority of sites relying heavily on JavaScript load JavaScript files with non-free licensing and or proprietary source code.
I am not opposed to server side JavaScript I am opposed to running JavaScript on my machine I do not care if the website owner wants to run it on his.
There are 3000 some accredited registrars I am sure there must be some if not at least one that has not fallen to the JavaScript plague.
I'm sure you're trolling, but...
https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/services/domains
Then why you're using this forum if it's heavily relies on JS? Why you're going against your own principles.
I am not, thanks for sharing I will have to look into this :-)
This site actually only needs JavaScript for logging in and registration. Browsing works quite well compared to the majority of other forums, its a sacrifice I have had to make in order to gain access to the knowledge of members of this site such as @uhu who seems to potentially have solved a problem that would have been hard for me to do by myself.
If you need at the very least SOMETHING theres https://freedns.afraid.org/ its not a domain registrar, just free subdomains but better than nothing. It's JavaShit-free all the way (hopefully).
Lmfao
I share your frustration, not only about registrars, but the web in general... lazy designers would rather use frameworks instead of writing lightweight code, so we end up using a s#$tload of bandwith. Not only that, but also CPU power, because instead of running serverside code, they offload it on the clients! In the last 10-20 years, since I only use my computer for office, the only reason I had to upgrade was because the browsers have become more and more power hungry. After all under the hood they also use a javascript engine.
That's it, rant over!
Back on topic... https://nic.eu.org have an html only site.
I hate to break the news but JavaScript has been a big success and users are quite happy with web sites that use it. Users do indeed tolerate it. Users love it.
So what? Really...so what?
You can live a Richard Stallman existence if you want, but you have to accept Richard Stallman limitations then. Do you have a cell phone? Do you connect to wifi in hotels? Do you use AirBNB? Do you use any streaming service for music or video? Any social media network? Do you use ride-sharing services? Shop on Amazon? Using Google or Bing? Give money on GoFundMe or Patreon?
If you can't say no to all of these, then you are being a bit of a hypocrite. If you can say no to all of these, then congratulations - you're already in your own definition of freedom paradise.
Richard Stallman doesn't whine that he can't register domains. stallman.org is registered via some tucows brand, btw. I bet they use JavaScript.
They even use Apache so that’s an extra + for all of you clearly in some mysterious way (sexually?) aroused by old tech.