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OpenNIC Operated Top-Level Domains
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.
If you would like to contribute to the project by taking responsibility for organizing a new TLD, please see the 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.
We're still missing some information! If you can fill in some of the blanks that would be appreciated!
Current Top-Level Domains
Name | Intended Usage | Date Introduced | Contacts | Website | Charter |
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.bbs | Bulletin Board System servers, and related BBS websites and services. | 2000-12-29 | Dustin Souers (texnofobix) texnofobix@gmail.com | .bbs TLD | |
.chan | A Top Level Domain “for imageboards and communities related to imageboard culture.” | 2015-10-21 | opennic.chan | .chan TLD | |
.dyn | Dynamic DNS pointers. | 2014-05-30 | Jeff Taylor shdwdrgn@sourpuss.net | be.libre | .dyn TLD |
| This domain has been depreciated in favor of .libre and will soon be removed from the root zone. | shdwdrgn@sourpuss.net | | |
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.geek | Anything of a personal or hobbyist nature that would be considered “geeky” | 2008-02-18 | Jeff Taylor shdwdrgn@sourpuss.net | be.libre | .geek TLD |
.gopher | Content delivery via the gopher protocol. | Brian Koontz brian@opennicproject.org | be.libre | .gopher TLD | |
.indy | Independent media and arts. | Jeff Taylor shdwdrgn@sourpuss.net | be.libre | .indy TLD | |
.libre | Organizations that encourage the Non-Commercial use of the Free Internet. | 2017-01-03 | Jeff Taylor shdwdrgn@sourpuss.net | be.libre | .bbs TLD |
.neo | General purpose, leaning towards themes present in the 'emo subculture' | Neo neo-domainreg@4195tech.com | register.neo | .neo TLD | |
.null | Completely non-commercial and only natural persons. | Jeff Taylor shdwdrgn@sourpuss.net | be.libre | .null TLD | |
.o | General purpose. | 2016-11-28 | Jonah Aragon jonah@moderntld.com | www.moderntld.com | .o TLD |
.oss | Exclusively for Open Source Software. | Jeff Taylor shdwdrgn@sourpuss.net | be.libre | .oss TLD | |
.oz | Australian websites (alt-ccTLD) | 2012-06-11 | opennic.oz | .oz TLD | |
.parody | This domain is a venue for non-commercial parody work. | Jeff Taylor shdwdrgn@sourpuss.net | be.libre | .parody TLD | |
.pirate | Internet Freedom and sharing. | Travis McCrea teamcoltra@gmail.com | .pirate TLD |
Peered Top-Level Domains
These TLDs are accessible from the OpenNIC network but not managed by OpenNIC, instead you should contact their respective organization.
Authority | Name | Intended Usage | Website |
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Emercoin | .bazar | Free marketplace | emercoin.com |
.coin | Digital currency and commerce websites | ||
.emc | Websites associated with the Emercoin project | ||
.lib | From Words Library and Liberty - that is, knowledge and freedom | ||
FurNIC | .fur | Furries, Furry Fandom and other Anthropormorphic interest websites1) | www.nic.fur |
Namecoin | .bit | Namecoin systems, websites and services | namecoin.org |
New Nations | .ku | Kurdish people | new-nations.net |
.te | Tamil Eelam | ||
.ti | Tibet | ||
.uu | Uyghur people |
Technical Zones
These zones are also served on the OpenNIC network for technical and organizational purposes.
Name | Usage | Notes |
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.opennic.glue | Provides hostnames for Tier 1 DNS servers and organizational websites and services. | Arbitrary domains cannot be registered. Domains are granted to each Tier 1 server operator or upon approval of the OpenNIC community. |
.dns.opennic.glue | Provides hostnames for Tier 2 DNS servers on the OpenNIC network. | Arbitrary domains cannot be registered. Domains are automatically created upon the approval of a Tier 2 server. |