Live figures are unavailable
The numbers below are illustrative launch data until they’re back.
Subdomains for people still finding their footing
Built and maintained by Sushil Kumar
Money should never block shipping.
Great software deserves a place to live.
Talented fledgling developers can build the thing and still fall behind at the checkout page. Namestead lets them claim a free subdomain under domains we own—so cost never decides who gets to ship.
maya
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devportfolio.com
They claim this bit ↑
Namestead keeps this stable ↑
01 / Active domains
Live catalog →
Claim a room. We’ll keep the building standing.
Illustrative launch data
Every card below is an apex domain Namestead maintains. Developers claim a free subdomain beneath it—never the apex itself.
devportfolio.com
Live
A clean home for a first serious developer portfolio.
You claim the subdomain
maya.devportfolio.com
Apex stays in Namestead’s custody
Annual upkeep
₹3,650 / yr
Open claims
84
Renewal reserve
72% funded
Contributed so far
₹8,420
Riya S. · Arjun P. · 18 others
Chip in to keep it online
hire-me.dev
Live
A direct, memorable link for developers looking for work.
You claim the subdomain
aman.hire-me.dev
Apex stays in Namestead’s custody
Annual upkeep
₹4,100 / yr
Open claims
61
Renewal reserve
58% funded
Contributed so far
₹6,105
The Indie Stack · Kavya M. · 11 others
Chip in to keep it online
builds.software
Live
For experiments, shipped side projects, and proof of craft.
You claim the subdomain
neha.builds.software
Apex stays in Namestead’s custody
Annual upkeep
₹5,250 / yr
Open claims
47
Renewal reserve
81% funded
Contributed so far
₹10,860
Tiny Tools Club · Devika R. · 24 others
Chip in to keep it online
One small distinction
Free subdomain. Shared infrastructure. Stable custody.
Your work gets a durable URL. Namestead handles DNS, renewals, abuse response, and continuity.
01
Pick a catalog domain
Choose the context that fits your work.
02
Claim your name
Example: yourname.hire-me.dev
03
Point and publish
Connect your project. Keep shipping.
02 / Transparency
No fuzzy bucket.
Every rupee in and out, in public.
Where do contributions go?
Contributions help fund the operation and growth of Namestead: the real costs of keeping it running.
Domain registrations and renewals
Hosting, servers and databases
Software, APIs and email
Development, maintenance and security
Also abuse handling, community operations, and legal, accounting and administrative costs. As Namestead grows, funds may also support contributors, contractors, maintainers and other people who help build and run it.
No founder pay, today.
Namestead is currently maintained by Sushil Kumar without founder compensation. As the project grows, funds may be used to pay reasonably for work performed on it.
₹0
today
Current monthly plan
≈ ₹9,000–14,000 total
Illustrative launch data
Domains · amortized
≈ ₹3,300 / mo
Servers · hosting · backups
≈ ₹1,700 / mo
Software · APIs · email
≈ ₹0–4,700 / mo
What the public ledger shows
Community contributions
Domain costs
Infrastructure
Software & APIs
Development
Contractors
Operations
Other costs
Remaining funds
We publish how community support is used, so anyone can see what running Namestead costs. No personal, bank or payment details are ever published.
Open public ledger03 / Year-end goal
Show the working.
An open book, not a magic number.
The maximum case covers the rest of the year and adds two durable catalog choices. Nothing else is tucked inside.
The calculation
01
A
3 remaining months × ₹14,000 max
₹42,000
Keeps domains, deployment, data stores, email, and maintenance running through year-end.
B
2 new domains × ₹3,000 reserve
₹6,000
Creates a three-year registration reserve for two new catalog domains.
Year-end target
₹48,000
Campaign progress
02
₹22,650
Illustrative pledged total · 47%
A · Upkeep
₹18,250
Run what’s already live.
B · New domains
₹4,400
Add two more choices.
Illustrative launch data
04 / Domain leaderboard
Vote first.
The community asks. The ledger answers.
Illustrative launch data
Demand becomes visible before money moves. Review is public; one campaign raises each domain’s registration.
01
Community requests
Anyone nominates a useful domain.
02
Public leaderboard
Votes make demand visible.
03
Admin review
Fit, price, and abuse risk checked.
04
Official campaign
One campaign raises the three-year registration.
Requested domains
Sorted by community votes
24 open
218
student.dev
A credible first URL for student-built work.
In review
183
ships.today
For daily builds and public progress logs.
Voting
151
open-source.help
Project docs and contributor onboarding.
Approved
126
myfirstapi.dev
Tiny APIs, docs, and learning projects.
Voting
94
junior.design
Portfolios for early-career product designers.
Price check
Missing the right domain? Put it on the board.
Request a domain ↗Approved community campaign
open-source.help
Admin approved ✓
New domain
One goal
Goal ₹9,000
Three years of registration, with a currency buffer and payment fees.
₹5,850 raised · 65%
Chip in
Contribute any listed amount toward this campaign.
05 / About & support
Plainly stated.
Community-funded infrastructure for developers.
What is Namestead?
Namestead is an independently operated community project focused on making useful digital infrastructure more accessible to developers.
It provides developers with resources such as domains, subdomains and supporting infrastructure, so they can publish and build their projects without handling every infrastructure cost themselves.
Namestead is currently operated and maintained independently by Sushil Kumar.
Support Namestead
Namestead is currently funded by the community. Contributions help cover the real costs of running the project: domains, hosting, cloud infrastructure, software, APIs, development, maintenance, security and other operational expenses.
The founder does not take compensation from the project today. As Namestead grows, funds may also support contributors, contractors, employees, maintainers and other people who help build and operate it.
Your support helps keep Namestead available to developers.
Namestead is currently an independently operated project owned and maintained by Sushil Kumar. It is not currently a registered NGO, charitable trust, society, Section 8 company, or other registered nonprofit organization.
Contributions to Namestead are not represented as tax-deductible charitable donations, and do not provide ownership, equity or control over Namestead.
The short version
Launch-preview figures · replace with live ledger totals
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Catalog domains shown
₹9k–14k
Current monthly running plan
47%
₹22,650 / ₹48,000 illustrative
Toward the year-end goal