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.
yourname
.
devportfolio.com
They claim this bit ↑
Namestead keeps this stable ↑
01 / Active domains
Live catalog →
Claim a room. We’ll keep the building standing.
3 live · 192 names claimed
Every domain here is an apex Namestead maintains; developers claim a free subdomain beneath it, never the apex itself. A campaign card is a domain the community is raising money to register.
devportfolio.
Live
A clean home for a first serious developer portfolio.
You claim the subdomain
yourname.devportfolio.com
Apex stays in Namestead’s custody
Annual upkeep
₹3,650 / yr
Names claimed
84
Renewal reserve · due 2027-03-14
72% funded
Raised this upkeep year
₹2,628
Riya S. · Arjun P. · 18 others
Chip in to keep it online
Contributions reopen as soon as live figures are back.
hire-
Live
A direct, memorable link for developers looking for work.
You claim the subdomain
yourname.hire-me.dev
Apex stays in Namestead’s custody
Annual upkeep
₹4,100 / yr
Names claimed
61
Renewal reserve · due 2027-05-02
58% funded
Raised this upkeep year
₹2,378
The Indie Stack · Kavya M. · 11 others
Chip in to keep it online
Contributions reopen as soon as live figures are back.
builds.
Live
For experiments, shipped side projects, and proof of craft.
You claim the subdomain
yourname.builds.software
Apex stays in Namestead’s custody
Annual upkeep
₹5,250 / yr
Names claimed
47
Renewal reserve · due 2027-01-20
81% funded
Raised this upkeep year
₹4,252.50
Tiny Tools Club · Devika R. · 24 others
Chip in to keep it online
Contributions reopen as soon as live figures are back.
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.devportfolio.com
03
Point and publish
Connect your project. Keep shipping.
02 / Transparency
No fuzzy bucket.
Every rupee in and out, in public.
Contributions drop through the grate into the works below the street. The glass tanks show what has come in toward this year’s costs, and the board on the far wall shows the ledger’s newest rows.
Contributed so far
₹24,100
Spent so far
₹12,400
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
₹9,700 / mo
Domains
₹3,300 / mo
Servers, hosting & backups
₹1,700 / mo
Software & APIs
₹4,700 / mo
Contributed so far
₹24,100
64 contributions
Spent so far
₹12,400
Domains · Servers, hosting & backups
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 ledger
03 / 2026 goal
Show the working.
An open book, not a magic number.
What the rest of 2026 costs: the running plan for the months left, plus this year’s new-domain campaigns. Both sides come straight from the ledger; nothing else is tucked inside.
₹24,100
Of ₹38,100 · 63%
The calculation
01
A
3 months left × ₹9,700 plan
₹29,100
Keeps the live domains, servers, email and maintenance running to the end of the year, at the published monthly plan.
B
1 new domain · campaign goals
₹9,000
Three-year registrations for the domains the community is raising money for this year.
Year-end target
₹38,100
Covered so far
02
₹24,100
Of ₹38,100 · 63%
A · Running
₹18,250
Held in the general and upkeep funds today.
B · New domains
₹5,850
Raised by this year’s campaigns.
04 / Domain leaderboard
Vote first.
The community asks. The ledger answers.
Demand becomes visible before money moves. The admin checks fit, price and abuse risk against a published checklist, then one campaign raises the registration in public.
12 open requests
Most wanted: student.
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
12 open
218
student.
A credible first URL for student-built work.
In review
183
ships.
For daily builds and public progress logs.
Voting
151
open-
Project docs and contributor onboarding.
Campaign live
126
myfirstapi.
Tiny APIs, docs, and learning projects.
Voting
94
junior.
Portfolios for early-career product designers.
Price check
Missing the right domain? Put it on the board.
Requests and votes need an account; they open here with sign-in.
Community campaign
open-
Admin approved ✓
Project docs and contributor onboarding, under one honest address.
Three-year registration
Target 2026-12-15
Goal ₹9,000
The registration price with a currency buffer and payment fees, worked out in public.
₹5,850 raised · 65%
Meera K. · Dev Circle · 31 others
Chip in
Any amount goes to this campaign. If it closes without the domain, the published rules decide what happens to the money, and the ledger shows it.
Contributions reopen as soon as live figures are back.
05 / About & support
Plainly stated.
Community-funded infrastructure for developers.
The lamps stay on because people chip in.
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.
Contributions reopen as soon as live figures are back.
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
Live from the ledger
03
Live catalog domains · 192 names claimed
₹9,700
Current monthly running plan
63%
₹24,100 / ₹38,100
Toward the 2026 goal