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.dev Domains

A .dev Name, With the HTTPS Already Done.

A .dev address only opens over HTTPS. Buy it here and the certificate is set up for you, along with everything else.

See if your .dev is free
Type a word to see it across the popular endings, or the whole name, like mystartup.dev, to ask about just that one. A standard .dev here is $12.15 for the first year, then $16.47 a year.
Tell us what the site is, in a word or a sentence, and we suggest names, then check which ones are still available.

What Makes a .dev Different

  • HTTPS is not optional

    The whole ending is on the HSTS preload list built into browsers, so they refuse to open any .dev address over plain HTTP. There is no setting to turn that off and no exception to ask for.

  • No certificate, no website

    Without a valid certificate a visitor gets a browser error instead of your page. Here it is issued when you pick the website, then renewed for as long as you use the name.

  • Run by Google, open to anyone

    Google Registry operates .dev. You do not need to be a developer to buy one, though portfolios, docs and project pages are what it says best.

.dev Domains at a Glance

Registry
Charleston Road Registry (Google)
Type
Generic
Who can register
Anyone, anywhere
Shortest term
1 year
HTTPS
Required, built into browsers
How Google treats it
Generic, not tied to a country

Who Uses It

react.dev

The React documentation

go.dev

The Go programming language

vite.dev

The Vite build tool

web.dev

Google's web development guidance

What Forced HTTPS Means in Practice

Most endings leave HTTPS up to you. .dev does not. Since it launched in 2019 the whole ending has been on the HSTS preload list, which ships inside browsers, so Chrome, Firefox and Safari will not even try a plain HTTP connection. An expired certificate is not a warning that a visitor can click through. It is an error page.

So two things matter more here than on other endings. The certificate has to exist before your first visitor arrives, and it has to keep renewing without anyone remembering to do it. On a website here, both are handled when you connect the name.

It also explains a piece of old advice. For years developers used names ending in .dev on their own machines. When browsers started forcing HTTPS on the ending, those setups broke overnight. If you are setting up local development today, use .test or .localhost, which are reserved for exactly that.

A Good Fit For

  • Developer portfolios and documentation. A .dev under your own name tells people what you do before they open it, and the renewal is low compared with .io, so it is cheap to keep for years.
  • Open source projects and tools. Projects like React, Go and Vite all use one, so it looks at home on documentation, and a short name is far easier to find here than on .com.

Not the Best Fit For

  • A non-technical business, where it may confuse people. Most customers will not know what .dev means, and some may mistake it for an unfinished or test version of a website.
  • Any setup that cannot serve a valid certificate. Browsers refuse to open a .dev without HTTPS, so an old server or a host with no SSL support leaves visitors looking at an error page.

What the Price Pays For

A registrar that only sells names will usually charge less for the name. What you get here is everything after it, in the same place as your website.

  • The connecting is done for you

    We write the DNS records and join the name to your website ourselves. Nothing to look up and nothing to copy between accounts.

  • The padlock comes with it

    The SSL certificate is issued when you pick the website, then renewed for as long as you use the name. It is not an extra.

  • Email on your name

    Add hello@ or info@ on the name, and mail sent there lands in the inbox you already read. The forwarding and MX records are set up here.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why does my .dev domain say HTTP is disabled?

Because the address has no valid certificate yet. Browsers will only open a .dev over HTTPS, so until a certificate is in place there is nothing they will show. On a website here the certificate is handled for you, and the page tells you when the address is live.

Do I have to be a developer to buy a .dev?

No. Anyone can register one. It simply reads best for technical work: a portfolio, documentation, a side project or a tool.

Can I use a .dev name for local development?

Not over plain HTTP, and it is why older local setups on .dev stopped working when browsers began forcing HTTPS on it. For addresses on your own machine, .test and .localhost are the ones reserved for that.

Can I host a plain HTML website on a .dev?

Yes. The HTTPS rule is about how the address is reached, not what is behind it. Upload the files, pick the website, and the certificate comes with it.

Who uses .dev domains?

Many software projects have moved to one, including React at react.dev, Go at go.dev and Vite at vite.dev.

Do I need a paid plan?

The name is its own yearly purchase, and you can use it with a website kept anywhere. Connecting it to a website here needs a paid plan, from Starter. Free websites stay on a free subdomain.

Is the name mine, and can I move it later?

Yes. It is registered in your name, and the code you need to take it elsewhere is a click away in its menu. A name you already own elsewhere can move here the same way.

Other endings: .com domains, .co domains, .store domains, .shop domains, .xyz domains, .app domains, .studio domains, .design domains, .io domains, .ai domains, .tech domains, all domain names

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