A truly free domain today is almost always a subdomain: yourname.something.org, run by a community project or a DNS service. They never renew and never bill you, but some need manual approval, and you do not own the parent domain. The old free .tk, .ml and .ga names from Freenom are gone.
7 options · limits checked 1 Nov 2026 · ranked by free-tier score
7 free domains
Free DNS + subdomains
A veteran free DNS host with thousands of shared domains you can take a subdomain on.
The catch: Shared domains belong to other people, who can pull them, so don't build anything important on one.
Free dynamic DNS
Free yourname.duckdns.org hostnames that follow your home IP address.
The catch: It's built for pointing at a home server's IP, not for a polished public brand.
Free dev subdomain
Claim yourname.is-a.dev by opening a pull request on GitHub.
The catch: Root names must relate to software development and maintainers reject AI-written or sloppy requests.
Free JS subdomain
A free yourproject.js.org name for JavaScript projects hosted on GitHub Pages.
The catch: Only for sites with real content clearly connected to JavaScript.
Free domain registry
A volunteer-run registry handing out free yourname.eu.org names since 1996.
The catch: Requests are checked by hand, so approval can take a long time, and small commercial sites are discouraged.
Free domain
A free Ukrainian second-level name, yourname.pp.ua, activated by phone SMS.
The catch: Your name and contact details are always public in WHOIS, and every renewal needs the same phone number.
Free domain registry
An open-source project giving out free names under .us.kg, .dpdns.org, .qzz.io, .xx.kg and .qd.je.
The catch: It's a free community project with no uptime promise, and its old Telegram channel was hijacked, so only trust the GitHub repo and dashboard.
Still in old tutorials. Do not plan around them.
New registrations stopped March 2023; ICANN ended its accreditation Nov 2023; Freenom left the domain business Feb 2024 and most of its free domains stopped working.
You can get a free subdomain forever, such as yourname.eu.org or yourname.is-a.dev. A free top-level name like yourname.com is only free for a first year through bundles or student packs, and then renews at the normal price.
Freenom, which handed them out, stopped new registrations in 2023 and many existing names were taken back. We list it in the graveyard. Do not build anything important on a name you cannot renew.
Check a name, set up DNS and test the site once it is live. All free, in the browser.
Where to list a new site so search engines and people find it.