.project
Is .project a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
.project is contested: 2 applicants have said publicly that they applied to run it, as of 27 August 2026. They are Radix and Link Freedom Group.
A clear everyday word that suits side projects and portfolios, but few serious ventures would make it their main web address.
developers, freelancers, studios, and agencies naming side projects, portfolios, and product showcases; project-management and collaboration tool makers as a secondary or campaign address rather than a primary identity.
In LFG's published list of 300+ strings submitted before the ICANN window closed on 2026-08-12. Their catalog tagline: “Every project, every step.”
One of 46 ICANN 2026-round applications Radix announced on its own applications page. Radix states it intends to build and operate each TLD it wins.
The 2012 applications making the most similar bet. Chosen by AI from every string in that round, without being told what happened to any of them.
Same bet: an unrestricted, industry-agnostic abstract noun for a unit of collective effort, where the registry sells nothing but the frame and the second level carries all the meaning, to any group anywhere willing to hang its primary identity on a common word.
Literally the same kind of word — a generic noun meaning 'an undertaking' sold to whoever is undertaking one — though its finance/startup connotation narrows the buyer pool relative to the target's open, anyone-with-an-initiative appeal.
Another portfolio-style generic work noun betting that teams and makers will brand an output or effort rather than a company entity, but it leans on shop/craft phrasing and reads as a suffix trick more than a standalone category.
What a .project domain is
.project is not a TLD yet. It is a string on our record of the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, filed under AI & tech. 2 applicants have said publicly that they applied for .project.
Is the .project domain extension real yet?
.project is not yet a domain extension you can register: nothing resolves under it, and no registrar sells names in it. It is a string applicants have put forward in the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, the process that decides whether it becomes one.
When can you buy a .project domain?
You can’t yet. ICANN publishes every applied-for string on Reveal Day, 7 October 2026 at 18:00 UTC. A .project name can only be registered after that, once the string is delegated and its registry opens. Last round's closest parallel to .project was .team, delegated on .
Is .project a real TLD?
Not yet. .project is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because an applicant said publicly that it applied for .project in the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round. Every claim on this page links to its source.
- Radix · first recordedRadix
- Link Freedom Group · first recordedLink Freedom Group
“Radix has applied for these TLDs; we do not own or operate them today.”Radix
“.project · AI & Tech · “Every project, every step.””Link Freedom Group
“LFG voluntarily published its full list of submissions ahead of ICANN’s official Reveal Day.”PR Newswire (Link Freedom Group)
“Top level domain registry Link Freedom Group (LFG) has disclosed more than 300 strings submitted as part of the ICANN new top level domain name program.”Domain Name Wire (Andrew Allemann)
- Band chosen: 30-49, usable but limited. The word is universally understood and maps naturally to a huge activity (people building and showing projects), so hobbyist and portfolio registrations at volume are plausible, which keeps it above the 10-29 vanity band. It stays below the 50-69 strong-niche band because 'project' functions as a descriptor rather than an identity: a name.project address reads like a label for something provisional or secondary, and serious companies in the adjacent space (dev tools, project management) have tended, by analogy with how such firms treated descriptor TLDs like .work, .website, and .build, to keep their primary identity on established namespaces and use descriptor strings for microsites at best. The applicant's own catalog places it in AI & Tech with the tagline 'Every project, every step.', consistent with a dev/maker positioning, but the string itself carries no AI signal. Aftermarket value is likely thin: the left-of-dot does the branding work and the TLD adds little credibility, again reasoning by analogy from generic descriptor TLDs whose resale markets stayed shallow. My main market uncertainty: whether the maker/portfolio culture treats 'my X.project' as a proud showcase convention (which could push it toward strong-niche) or as a signal of something unfinished, which would cap it at price-driven volume registrations.