.dev Domains
Register your .dev domain in seconds
Developers claimed this one, and the registry built security in. Every .dev is HSTS-preloaded, which means browsers speak HTTPS on the very first request. No redirect. No downgrade window. Register from $15.99/yr — searched, priced and switched on inside a single visit.
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The Extension
Why .dev?
To the audience you actually want, .dev states who you are without a word of explanation. Developers, tools, documentation and portfolios all live here, and the technical credential behind the ending is real rather than decorative. Every browser ships with the whole TLD hard-coded as HTTPS-only, courtesy of HSTS preloading, so no .dev page ever loads insecurely.
Most descriptions miss the speed dividend that preload brings. Browsers skip the customary HTTP-to-HTTPS redirect and open an encrypted connection at once, which saves a round trip on every first visit. Add the free SSL our hosting issues without being asked, and a .dev ends up encrypted, live and quick inside one sitting, WHOIS privacy included.
Good Fit
.dev works best for
- Developer portfolios and personal sites
- Open-source projects and their documentation
- APIs, SDKs and developer tooling
- Tech blogs and engineering team pages
What You Get
Included with every domain
HTTPS enforced by the registry
With HSTS preloading in place, browsers refuse plain HTTP on .dev. Security here is a property of the extension, not your configuration.
One redirect fewer
The usual upgrade redirect never happens, so browsers open HTTPS at once and save that round trip.
Free SSL, zero ceremony
Certificates get issued and renewed by our hosting without anyone touching them, so the HTTPS-only rule holds from hour one.
Common Questions
Questions about .dev
Why will my .dev site not load until SSL is in place?
The whole extension is HSTS-preloaded. Browsers ship with .dev already marked HTTPS-only, and they will not even try plain HTTP. Where hosting issues SSL on its own, and ours does that at no cost, the requirement gets met while you do nothing at all.
Is the HTTPS-only rule ever a drawback?
Only where your host cannot supply a certificate, and in 2026 that is an argument for changing host rather than changing extension. What you get back is a namespace in which downgrade attacks cannot happen, and where the first connection any visitor makes is already encrypted.
Who can register a .dev domain?
Anyone can. No residency test applies, and no profession test either. The developer identity is pure convention. HTTPS is the single technical condition attached, and any standard modern host meets it on your behalf.
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