Free subdomains for developers
A free web address for the thing you built.
Pick a name, pick one of our domains, and point it at your site on Vercel, Netlify or GitHub Pages. HTTPS included. Names are free: no card, no trial, nothing to renew.
2 · Pick a domain
Type the name you want. Letters, numbers and hyphens.
Claimyourname.digitalplayground.questfor freeSign in with GitHub, Google or an email link. No card, nothing to pay.
- ✓ Free
- ✓ No card
- ✓ HTTPS included
- ✓ No pull request
287 names claimed so far. Run by Sushil Kumar, built with the people who use it.
01 / How it works
Three steps, about a minute.
Claim it. Point it. Share it.
- 1
Claim a name
Sign in, type a name, pick a domain. You get yourname.digitalplayground.quest, free.
- 2
Point it at your site
Start with a redirect to any link. Earn a few Trust Points and you can point it straight at your host with DNS.
- 3
Share it
HTTPS is already on. Put it on your resume, your GitHub profile or your hackathon demo.
Works with where you already host
- Vercel
- Netlify
- GitHub Pages
- Cloudflare Pages
- Render
- Any link
Never touched DNS? Street School walks you through it in five short guides, and each one you finish adds 5 Trust Points.
02 / Pick your domain
Featured now →
Real domains. Your name in front.
3 live · 287 names claimed
Namestead buys and renews these domains. You claim a free name in front of one, like yourname.devportfolio.com. A campaign card is a domain people asked for, being bought with Launch Passes before it opens.
A stable address for as long as the domain stays in the catalog; if we retire it you get 12 months’ notice.
Live
A free, live address for your portfolio.
Your free address here
yourname.
Namestead owns and renews the domain, so your link keeps working
Names claimed
159
Renewal paid by
Namestead and pass holders
₹2,529.36 left for the renewal
0%
Due 2027-10-04 · No pass holders yet
OptionalNames are free. Nobody has to pay to claim one.
Buy a Keep Pass for this domainLive
Say it with your URL: you’re a dev.
Your free address here
yourname.
Namestead owns and renews the domain, so your link keeps working
Names claimed
60
Renewal paid by
Namestead and pass holders
Renewal covered
100%
Due 2027-10-23 · No pass holders yet
OptionalNames are free. Nobody has to pay to claim one.
Buy a Keep Pass for this domainCampaign
A free name.hire-me.page for anyone looking for work: one clean link for your portfolio, your résumé and how to reach you.
Once it’s bought, you claim
yourname.hire-me.page
A Launch Pass can pre-book up to three names; otherwise claims open to everyone at once.
Cost to buy it
₹3,300
Target date
2026-12-31
Three-year registration
6% of the price paid
Payments received
₹201
rudrax · fogma gofma · 1 other
OptionalNames are free. Nobody has to pay to claim one.
Buy a Launch Pass to pre-book your name on this domain before it opens. If it isn’t bought by the end date, every payment is refunded in full.
Buy a Launch PassCampaign
acme.is-hiring.dev: one free link where a small team or a new startup lists its open roles and how to apply.
Once it’s bought, you claim
yourname.is-hiring.dev
A Launch Pass can pre-book up to three names; otherwise claims open to everyone at once.
Cost to buy it
₹3,500
Target date
2026-12-31
Three-year registration
0% of the price paid
Payments received
₹0
No pass holders yet
OptionalNames are free. Nobody has to pay to claim one.
Buy a Launch Pass to pre-book your name on this domain before it opens. If it isn’t bought by the end date, every payment is refunded in full.
Buy a Launch PassA free home for your experiments, side projects and games.
Your free address here
yourname.
Namestead owns and renews the domain, so your link keeps working
Names claimed
68
Renewal paid by
Namestead and pass holders
₹1,368.71 left for the renewal
0%
Due 2027-07-07 · No pass holders yet
OptionalNames are free. Nobody has to pay to claim one.
Buy a Keep Pass for this domain03 / Grow with us
Free first. Always.
Take part, earn Trust Points, unlock more.
Trust Points are your standing on Namestead. They grow when you take part, and they lift your tier: more names, direct DNS, a louder vote. You never spend them, and you never lose them by using them.
Free ways to earn
- +10Sign in for the first time
- +20Connect your GitHub account (and up to +75 more from its history)
- +5Finish a Street School guide (five of them)
- +5Vote for a requested domain that goes live
- +75Request a domain that goes live
- +100Get a code or docs pull request merged into Namestead
- +5Each month you keep the Namestead badge on your site
Press a tier to see what it opens
Resolver100 Trust Points
- ✓ Up to 3 free names
- ✓ Your vote on domain requests counts ×2
- ✓ direct DNS, post everywhere
Earn it with the free steps on the left, or reach it sooner with an optional payment: every ₹20 adds one Trust Point.
Everything a tier needs and gives is on the pricing page.
04 / Built together
Us, not just me.
You decide which domain comes next.
Namestead grows the way its members ask it to. Request a domain you want, vote for the ones you like, and when a person has checked one, everyone who wants it can get a Launch Pass to buy it together. Nobody has to pay to vote or to claim a name once it opens.
01
Someone asks
Anyone signed in can request a domain.
02
Everyone votes
Voting is free. Higher tiers count more.
03
A person checks it
Fit, price and abuse risk, checked by a person.
04
We buy it together
Launch Passes pay for it, or one person buys it out. Then names open to all.
Requested domains
Sorted by community votes
12 open
3
Vote
For anyone looking for work: name.hire-me.page is a portfolio link that says what you want at a glance.
Campaign live
2
Vote
For small teams and startups: acme.is-hiring.dev, one link for open roles and how to apply.
Campaign live
Missing the right domain? Put it on the board.
Don’t want to wait for votes?
A buyout is one Launch Pass of ₹4,100 toward adding side-
OptionalNames are free. Nobody has to pay to claim one.
See the buyoutCampaign
Admin approved ✓
A free name.hire-me.page for anyone looking for work: one clean link for your portfolio, your résumé and how to reach you.
Three-year registration
Target 2026-12-31
Cost to buy it: ₹3,300
₹3,099 left to add it.
₹201 collected · 6%
rudrax · fogma gofma · 1 other
Buy a Launch Pass
OptionalNames are free. Nobody has to pay to claim one.
From ₹20, with up to three names pre-booked on this domain. If it isn’t added by 2027-03-04, every payment to this campaign is refunded in full.
Buy a Launch PassStreet School
Five short guides from your first redirect to direct DNS. +5 Trust Points each.
Start learning →
Community
Ask for help, share what you built, run polls and start your own group.
Join the community →
Contributors
Namestead is built in the open. A merged code or docs pull request adds 100 Trust Points.
Meet the contributors →
05 / Free for you
Here’s who pays.
Four optional ways to pay, if you want to.
Domains and servers cost money every year. Namestead pays for them with optional payments from people who want to: a pass for a domain they love, a new domain they want sooner, or a faster climb up the tiers. Each one is a one-time payment of any amount, and each one adds Trust Points to the payer’s own account.
Claiming a name costs nothing. Everything below is optional.
Claim a free nameKeep Pass
OptionalYou use a domain and want it renewed.
Buy a Keep Pass from ₹20 to pay toward a live domain’s yearly renewal.
You get: Trust Points (1 per ₹20), a badge, and your name on the domain’s page if you want it there.
Pick a domainLaunch Pass
OptionalYou want a new domain added sooner.
Buy a Launch Pass from ₹20 and pre-book your name on a requested domain before it opens. Refunded in full if it isn’t bought.
You get: Trust Points, a badge, and up to three names pre-booked on the new domain.
See open campaignsBuyout
OptionalYou want one requested domain now, without waiting for votes.
One Launch Pass of the domain’s price, toward adding it. It skips the campaign; a person still checks the domain before it is bought.
You get: Everything a Launch Pass gives, and the domain opens for everyone.
See buyout pricesTrust Points shortcut
OptionalYou’d rather not wait to reach a tier.
Pay any amount from ₹20; every ₹20 adds one Trust Point, on top of what you earn by taking part.
You get: Your next tier sooner: more names, direct DNS. Registry and Root still need a person’s approval.
Compare tiersA pass or a payment for Trust Points gives no ownership, equity or control over Namestead, a domain or any name. Through Trust Points it can raise your tier, including how much your vote on domain requests counts; it gives no control over how Namestead is run, and we decide which domains to buy.
06 / Not here for a name?
Help anyway.
Help young developers get their work online.
In plain words
Students and new developers build websites but often can’t pay for a web address. Namestead buys a few good addresses and lets them use a name on one for free, like asha.devportfolio.com.
Namestead is a software service owned and operated by Sushil Kumar, a sole proprietor in India, trading as Namestead.
Namestead is a small business run by one developer, so help comes as a payment for a service: Trust Points, any amount from ₹20. You get a badge and Trust Points on your own account.
Payments for a pass or for Trust Points are payments for a digital service. They are not donations.
OptionalNames are free. Nobody has to pay to claim one.
For companies and sponsors
Put your name behind a place where developers start.
287 names have been claimed so far. Sponsored slots are planned, always labelled Sponsored and never inside a vote-ranked list. To talk about sponsoring a domain or the platform now, write to us.
Checked before it goes live
Every name runs a brand and look-alike check, and every new domain is reviewed by a person against a published policy.
AI that helps people act fast
Namestead’s moderation is built to use AI to pre-read reports and posts, sort the queue by urgency and flag likely spam or impersonation. It switches on as the community opens, and a person makes every removal and every strike.
Anyone can report
Phishing or abuse on a Namestead name can be reported in a minute, and appeals are open to every member.
08 / Straight answers
Ask us anything.
The questions everyone asks.
Do I have to pay anything?+
No. Claiming and using a name is free: no card, no trial, nothing to renew. Passes and Trust Points are optional ways to pay, for people who want to.
So what’s the catch?+
You get a name under a domain Namestead owns, not a domain of your own. Email on it isn’t offered, and some features open as your tier grows.
Will my name be taken away?+
Not while you follow the rules. A stable address for as long as the domain stays in the catalog; if we retire it you get 12 months’ notice.
Who runs this, and who pays for it?+
Sushil Kumar, a developer in India, runs it as a small business. Optional pass payments pay for the domains and servers.
Why is there a price on a domain if names are free?+
That is what the domain itself costs Namestead each year. You never pay it to claim a name; a Keep Pass is how anyone who wants to can help with it.
What stops phishing on shared domains?+
Names that look like brands are refused at claim, sites are scanned after, and anyone can report one. Moderators act on urgent reports first.
More in the FAQ, the pricing page and contact page.
Your name is waiting. So is everyone else.
Claim a free name, then vote, learn and help pick the next domain with the rest of us.