# is-a-dev/register

Grab your own sweet-looking '.is-a.dev' subdomain.

Repository: https://github.com/is-a-dev/register
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/register
Homepage: https://is-a.dev
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: subdomain, developer, foss, website, github-pages, dev, free, free-for-dev, free-for-developers, cloudflare, dns, domain, free-domain, oss
Last push: 2026-08-26T22:13:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2159, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 11084, forks 27923 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:46.040996+00:00)

## What it is
is-a.dev is a free community service that gives developers their own .is-a.dev subdomain for personal websites and projects. Registration happens by submitting a JSON DNS record file via a pull request to this repository, which is then published through Cloudflare DNS.

## Use cases
- get a free subdomain for my personal website
- register a custom domain for my GitHub Pages site
- point a free .is-a.dev subdomain at my Vercel or Netlify deployment
- set up a free domain for my portfolio site
- create DNS records for a developer subdomain without paying
- get a free domain for my Discord or Bluesky profile

## When to choose
- you want a free, memorable subdomain for a personal site or project
- you're comfortable with a GitHub pull request workflow for DNS changes
- you need a domain for static hosting like GitHub Pages, Cloudflare Pages, or Vercel

## When to avoid
- you need a top-level domain you fully own and control
- you require guaranteed SLAs or commercial-grade DNS support
- you don't want your domain request publicly visible in a GitHub repository

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: networking, self-hosted, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, web-development, self-hosted
- platform: cloud, cli
- tags: free-subdomains, dns-records, github-workflow, cloudflare-dns, personal-website, domain-registration, web-server

## Member repositories
- is-a-dev/register (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:46.040996+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:16:48.917188+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/is-a-dev/register (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:46.040996+00:00, sha fed7cbab8d0a)
  - homepage: https://is-a.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T08:15:49.389497+00:00, sha 98de00ecb0a2)
  - site_page: https://docs.is-a.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T08:15:49.392319+00:00, sha 9ddbf57f13c8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.