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| These are the Top-Level Domains (TLDs) which are currently being served by OpenNIC, are being constructed with the approval of OpenNIC or which have been proposed to OpenNIC. There are links to the appropriate Web and email contacts for those which are currently accepting domain name registrations. | These are the Top-Level Domains (TLDs) which are currently being served by OpenNIC, are being constructed with the approval of OpenNIC or which have been proposed to OpenNIC. There are links to the appropriate Web and email contacts for those which are currently accepting domain name registrations. |
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| If you would like to contribute to the project by taking responsibility for organizing a new TLD, please see the [[creating_new_tlds|Registering A TLD]] page. This page is up to date and all links have been tested as of 2017-04-30, all blank entries are placeholders for information we could not definitely determine, or websites which were offline or not functional at the time. | If you would like to contribute to the project by taking responsibility for organizing a new TLD, please see the [[creating_new_tlds|Registering A TLD]] page. This page is up to date and all links have been tested as of 2022-11-27, all blank entries are placeholders for information we could not definitely determine, or websites which were offline or not functional at the time. |
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| FIXME We're still missing some information! If you can fill in some of the blanks that would be appreciated! | FIXME We're still missing some information! If you can fill in some of the blanks that would be appreciated! |
| ===== Current Top-Level Domains ===== | ===== Current Top-Level Domains ===== |
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| ^ Name ^ Intended Usage ^ Date Introduced ^ Contacts ^ Website ^ Charter ^ | ^ Name ^ Introduction ^ Master ^ Contacts ^ Website ^ Intended Usage ^ |
| ^ .bbs | Bulletin Board System servers, and related BBS websites and services. | 2000-12-29 | Dustin Souers (texnofobix)\\ texnofobix@gmail.com | | [[opennic:dot:bbs]] | | ^ [[opennic:dot:bbs|.bbs]] | 2000-12-29 | ns6 | [[texnofobix@gmail.com|Dustin Souers (texnofobix)]] | [[http://register.bbs/|register.bbs]] | Bulletin Board System servers, and related BBS websites and services. | |
| ^ .chan | A Top Level Domain "for imageboards and communities related to imageboard culture." | 2015-10-21 | | [[https://www.opennic.chan/|opennic.chan]] | [[opennic:dot:chan]] | | ^ [[opennic:dot:chan|.chan]] | 2015-10-21 | ns5 | FIXME | [[http://opennic.chan/|opennic.chan]] | A Top Level Domain "for imageboards and communities related to imageboard culture." | |
| ^ .dyn | Dynamic DNS pointers. | 2014-05-30 | Jeff Taylor\\ shdwdrgn@sourpuss.net | [[http://be.libre|be.libre]] | [[opennic:dot:dyn]] | | ^ [[opennic:dot:cyb|.cyb]] | 2017-08-14 | ns12 | [[albino@autistici.org|Al Beano]]\\ [[sy@zm.is|sy]] | FIXME | A TLD for cyberpunk-related content| |
| ^ <del>.free</del> | <del>Organizations that encourage the Non-Commercial use of the Free Internet.</del>\\ This domain has been depreciated in favor of [[opennic:dot:libre|.libre]] and will soon be removed from the root zone. | | <del>Jeff Taylor\\ shdwdrgn@sourpuss.net</del> | <del>[[http://be.libre|be.libre]]</del> | <del>[[opennic:dot:free]]</del> | | ^ [[opennic:dot:dyn|.dyn]] | 2014-05-30 | ns2 | [[shdwdrgn@sourpuss.net|Jeff Taylor]] | [[http://be.libre|be.libre]] | Dynamic DNS pointers. | |
| ^ .geek | Anything of a personal or hobbyist nature that would be considered "geeky" | 2008-02-18 | Jeff Taylor\\ shdwdrgn@sourpuss.net | [[http://be.libre|be.libre]] | [[opennic:dot:geek]] | | ^ [[opennic:dot:epic|.epic]] | 2019-09-03 | ns13 | [[okashi@okashi.me|Okashi]] | [[http://opennic.epic|opennic.epic]], [[https://epic.okashi.me|epic.okashi.me]] (TLS) | A general purpose domain for anything "epic" | |
| ^ .gopher | Content delivery via the gopher protocol. | | Brian Koontz\\ brian@opennicproject.org | [[http://be.libre|be.libre]] | [[opennic:dot:gopher]] | | ^ [[opennic:dot:geek|.geek]] | 2008-02-18 | ns2 | [[shdwdrgn@sourpuss.net|Jeff Taylor]] | [[http://be.libre|be.libre]] | Anything of a personal or hobbyist nature that would be considered "geeky" | |
| ^ .indy | Independent media and arts. | | Jeff Taylor\\ shdwdrgn@sourpuss.net | [[http://be.libre|be.libre]] | [[opennic:dot:indy]] | | ^ [[opennic:dot:gopher|.gopher]] | FIXME | ns2 | [[shdwdrgn@sourpuss.net|Jeff Taylor]] | [[http://be.libre|be.libre]] | Content delivery via the gopher protocol. | |
| ^ .libre | Organizations that encourage the Non-Commercial use of the Free Internet. | 2017-01-03 | Jeff Taylor\\ shdwdrgn@sourpuss.net | [[http://be.libre|be.libre]] | [[opennic:dot:bbs]] | | ^ [[opennic:dot:indy|.indy]] | FIXME | ns2 | [[shdwdrgn@sourpuss.net|Jeff Taylor]] | [[http://be.libre|be.libre]] | Independent media and arts. | |
| ^ .neo | General purpose, leaning towards themes present in the 'emo subculture' | | Neo\\ neo-domainreg@4195tech.com | [[http://register.neo|register.neo]] | [[opennic:dot:neo]] | | ^ [[opennic:dot:libre|.libre]] | 2017-01-03 | ns2 | [[shdwdrgn@sourpuss.net|Jeff Taylor]] | [[http://be.libre|be.libre]] | Organizations that encourage the Non-Commercial use of the Free Internet. | |
| ^ .null | Completely non-commercial and only natural persons. | | Jeff Taylor\\ shdwdrgn@sourpuss.net | [[http://be.libre|be.libre]] | [[opennic:dot:null]] | | ^ [[opennic:dot:neo|.neo]] | FIXME | ns3 | [[neo-domainreg@4195tech.com|Neo]] | FIXME | General purpose, leaning towards themes present in the 'emo subculture' | |
| ^ .o | General purpose. | 2016-11-28 | [[user:jonaharagon|Jonah Aragon]]\\ jonah@moderntld.com | [[https://www.moderntld.com|www.moderntld.com]] | [[opennic:dot:o]] | | ^ [[opennic:dot:null|.null]] | FIXME | ns10 | [[opennic@bambusoft.com|Mario Rodriguez]] | [[http://reg.null|reg.null]] | Completely non-commercial and only natural persons. | |
| ^ .oss | Exclusively for Open Source Software. | | Jeff Taylor\\ shdwdrgn@sourpuss.net | [[http://be.libre|be.libre]] | [[opennic:dot:oss]] | | ^ [[opennic:dot:o|.o]] | 2016-11-28 | ns11 | [[user:jonaharagon|Jonah Aragon]] | [[https://github.com/moderntld/.o|github.com/moderntld/.o]] | General purpose. | |
| ^ .oz | Australian websites (alt-ccTLD) | 2012-06-11 | | [[http://opennic.oz/|opennic.oz]] | [[opennic:dot:oz]] | | ^ [[opennic:dot:oss|.oss]] | FIXME | ns2 | [[shdwdrgn@sourpuss.net|Jeff Taylor]] | [[http://be.libre|be.libre]] | Exclusively for Open Source Software. | |
| ^ .parody | This domain is a venue for non-commercial parody work. | | Jeff Taylor\\ shdwdrgn@sourpuss.net | [[http://be.libre|be.libre]] | [[opennic:dot:parody]] | | ^ [[opennic:dot:oz|.oz]] | 2012-06-11 | ns10 | FIXME | [[http://opennic.oz/|opennic.oz]] | Australian websites (alt-ccTLD) | |
| ^ .pirate | Internet Freedom and sharing. | | Travis McCrea\\ teamcoltra@gmail.com\\ | | [[opennic:dot:pirate]] | | ^ [[opennic:dot:parody|.parody]] | FIXME | ns2 | [[shdwdrgn@sourpuss.net|Jeff Taylor]] | [[http://be.libre|be.libre]] | This domain is a venue for non-commercial parody work. | |
| | ^ [[opennic:dot:pirate|.pirate]] | FIXME | ns2 | [[teamcoltra@gmail.com|Travis McCrea]] | [[http://be.libre|be.libre]] | Internet Freedom and sharing. | |
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| | ===== Inactive Top-Level Domains ===== |
| | ^ Name ^ Introduction ^ Master ^ Invalidation ^ Intended Usage ^ |
| | ^ [[opennic:dot:free|.free]] | FIXME | ns2 | FIXME | Organizations that encourage the Non-Commercial use of the Free Internet.\\ This domain has been depreciated in favor of [[opennic:dot:libre|.libre]] and will soon be removed from the root zone. | |
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| ===== Peered Top-Level Domains ===== | ===== Peered Top-Level Domains ===== |
| These TLDs are accessible from the OpenNIC network but not managed by OpenNIC, instead you should contact their respective organization. | These TLDs are accessible from the OpenNIC network but not managed by OpenNIC, instead you should contact their respective organization. |
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| ^ Authority ^ Name ^ Intended Usage ^ Website ^ | ^ Authority ^ Name ^ Intended Usage ^ Master/Name Servers ^ IP-Address ^ Notice ^ |
| ^ Emercoin | .bazar | Free marketplace | [[https://emercoin.com/|emercoin.com]] | | ^ [[https://emercoin.com/|Emercoin]] | .bazar | Free marketplace | seed1.emercoin.com\\ seed2.emercoin.com | 208.87.98.37\\ 172.106.88.242 | ''NXDOMAIN'', ConfigErr\\ :!: | |
| ^ ::: | .coin | Digital currency and commerce websites | ::: | | ^ ::: | .coin | Digital currency and commerce websites | seed1.emercoin.com\\ seed2.emercoin.com | 208.87.98.37\\ 172.106.88.242 | ''NXDOMAIN'', ConfigErr\\ :!: | |
| ^ ::: | .emc | Websites associated with the Emercoin project | ::: | | ^ ::: | .emc | Websites associated with the Emercoin project | seed1.emercoin.com\\ seed2.emercoin.com | 208.87.98.37\\ 172.106.88.242 | ''NXDOMAIN'', ConfigErr\\ :!: | |
| ^ ::: | .lib | From Words Library and Liberty - that is, knowledge and freedom | ::: | | ^ ::: | .lib | From Words Library and Liberty - that is, knowledge and freedom | seed1.emercoin.com\\ seed2.emercoin.com | 208.87.98.37\\ 172.106.88.242 | ''NXDOMAIN'', ConfigErr\\ :!: | |
| ^ FurNIC | .fur | Furries, Furry Fandom and other Anthropormorphic interest websites((Originally an OpenNIC TLD)) | [[http://www.nic.fur/|www.nic.fur]] | | ^ [[http://www.nic.fur/|FurNIC]] | .fur((Originally an OpenNIC TLD)) | Furries, Furry Fandom and other Anthropormorphic interest websites | ns8.nic.fur\\ ns10.nic.fur\\ ns12.nic.fur\\ ns13.nic.fur\\ ns15.nic.fur | 188.40.132.212\\ 178.63.26.172\\ 178.63.145.230\\ 151.236.24.112\\ 2a01:4f8:221:1e01::1f:12 | ''Operational'' | |
| ^ Namecoin | .bit | Namecoin systems, websites and services | [[https://namecoin.org/|namecoin.org]] | | ^ [[http://new-nations.net/|New Nations]] | .ku | Kurdish people | ns1.new-nations.ku\\ ns2.new-nations.ku | 5.45.96.220\\ 185.82.22.133 | ''TimedOut'', Service Unreachable\\ :!:\\ Try: ns2.opennic.glue | |
| ^ New Nations | .ku | Kurdish people | [[http://new-nations.net/|new-nations.net]] | | ^ ::: | .te | Tamil Eelam | ns1.new-nations.te\\ ns2.new-nations.te | 5.45.96.220\\ 185.82.22.133 | ''TimedOut'', Service Unreachable\\ :!:\\ Try: ns2.opennic.glue | |
| ^ ::: | .te | Tamil Eelam | ::: | | ^ ::: | .ti | Tibet | ns1.new-nations.ti\\ ns2.new-nations.ti | 5.45.96.220\\ 185.82.22.133 | ''TimedOut'', Service Unreachable\\ :!:\\ Try: ns2.opennic.glue | |
| ^ ::: | .ti | Tibet | ::: | | ^ ::: | .uu | Uyghur people | ns1.new-nations.uu\\ ns2.new-nations.uu | 5.45.96.220\\ 185.82.22.133 | ''TimedOut'', Service Unreachable\\ :!:\\ Try: ns2.opennic.glue | |
| ^ ::: | .uu | Uyghur people | ::: | | ^ ::: | .ko | Internal use | ns1.new-nations.ko\\ ns2.new-nations.ko | 5.45.96.220\\ 185.82.22.133 | ''TimedOut'', Service Unreachable\\ :!:\\ Try: ns2.opennic.glue | |
| | ^ ::: | .rm | Internal use | ns1.new-nations.rm\\ ns2.new-nations.rm | 5.45.96.220\\ 185.82.22.133 | ''TimedOut'', Service Unreachable\\ :!:\\ Try: ns2.opennic.glue | |
| | For a complete zone set ready to use visit: [[opennic:t2slaved|Slaved Zones with BIND9]] |
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| ===== Technical Zones ===== | ===== Technical Zones ===== |