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Before anyone makes another comment about how and why this should be a webapp…. The author has answered and stated multiple time here that the reason he made this a local app is because if the website that the tool is hosted on is down or gone, then you are dead out of water. That’s why he made a local tool. And no, the tool does not still rely on some application/webserver. He has stated that it only requires reachi…
For the people who don't looking for domain names at least once/twice a week, you won't need this app. I try to build it for people who like to look for available domains
(indigodaddy) Thanks and you're on point. Just to clarify, there are some features that can't run as JS on the client-side. ElectronJS allows using NodeJS code as well.
"he" is good.
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Have you use impossibly, domainsfortherestofus, or namemesh? They're great tools, but all went offline for sometime now. And that's why I build a desktop app
Yeah, the server hosting their assets went down (probably), the same problem you could (I hope not) face serving requests from your client, right?
There is no official limit number of requests, but discussion from some forums, each TLD has a limit of 300-1000 queries each day.
In any case, you hit the limit, it will open up again. Unlike online services, they haven't been back since
I like the idea, and would use the service, as the domain is short and memorable. But, this is a low hanging fruit for HN critics, the argument of: "is an app so I dont have to worry about a website being down" is pretty poor, you can host your website assets on Netlify/aws amplify/firebase/.... many more.... , with close to 99.99 % availability. And also provide an electron app for those who prefer to use an app. I…
This may be more of a power user tool, you also wouldn't pay $49 for the app right? What interests you about the app compared to searching directly at Namecheap etc?
The main feature is to generate one-word or short domain names with different recipes, and help you find the available ones. Domain providers don't have the name generator feature.
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I don't see it's as complaining. OP's project is literally the reverse of taking a traditional desktop software, e.g. a graphic editor, and making it into a web app. Here, it's something that naturally belongs to a web site, but instead packed up into an installable desktop app. I'd be really curious to see the rationale behind this.
> I'd be really curious to see the rationale behind this. It's much easier to install spyware via an actual desktop app than via a web app.
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What if the site goes down before you visit/load the site?
For a static site you can still download a local copy from GitHub if you wish. It'll be delivered as a .zip if you do it from the browser.
Cmon man, let’s try to be realistic.
I know I am echoing half of the other comments here, but this does really need to be a webapp.
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This may be more of a power user tool, you also wouldn't pay $49 for the app right? What interests you about the app compared to searching directly at Namecheap etc?
Yes, it is for people love checking out for domains. I do it quite often myself. The price was one-time and I'll let people who purchased it judge. The main feature is to generate one-word or short domain names with different recipes, and help you find the available ones. Domain providers don't have the name generator feature.