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24 alternatives to Varo

Registrar/DNS Host for Handshake

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Varo launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Handshake (HNS)▲279

   Dismantling the monopoly on top-level domains

   2020 · handshake.org · its alternatives →

2. 2DL
   DNS Live on Handshake▲48

   2020 · live.ix · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Momento▲140

   A powerful platform to help you monitor your domains

   2020 · domexus.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Free web hosting for handshake TLDs, no account required▲44

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   DN$ – an innovative, ad-supported DNS resolver▲294

   Tired of companies snooping through your DNS traffic? Don't you wish you could get advertisements with your DNS records? Today we're introducing the innovative, privacy-focused, ad-supported DNS resolver - DN$! Traditional DNS resolvers provided by your internet service provider, cloudflare, or google could be tracking your internet activity and selling it to third-party data vendors. We at DN$ want to fix that and cut out these nefarious actors (until we've amassed a critical number of users to exploit). In order to support such a radically new business model, our service needs to serve…

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6IM
   I made a registrar for domains on handshake TLDs▲15

   2020 · gateway.io · its alternatives →

7. 7AA
   An API to provision custom hostnames with SSL▲90

   We launched an API for custom hostnames today. A simple HTTP post with a hostname gets a temp hostname with CNAME/a record instructions, as soon as DNS is setup we issue SSL and start accepting traffic for that hostname. It's the quickest way we know of to provision custom hostnames: https://fly.io/mix/custom-hostnames/ When we started building Fly, we figured it was too late to "make SSL easy and the customers will come". Lets Encrypt changed the world, and we knew many companies rolling their own SSL support with nginx, Traefik, etc, etc. It seemed like a…

   2017 · its alternatives →

8. 8WD
   Which DNS servers are you pointing to?▲283

   2020 · which.nameserve.rs · its alternatives →

9. 9ZI
   zzzz.io, a free DynDNS replacement I created on the weekend▲156

   2014 · zzzz.io · its alternatives →

10. 10
    "q", a DNS query tool with support for UDP, TCP, DoT, DoH, DoQ and ODoH▲140

    A tiny command line DNS client with support for UDP, TCP, DoT, DoH, DoQ and ODoH. - natesales/q

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Hostful▲99

    Fastest way to host your websites & PDFs

    2023 · hostful.io · its alternatives →

12. 12
    1mbsite v2▲177

    Free static hosting for websites 1 megabyte and under.

    2019 · 1mb.co · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Serveo–Expose local servers using only SSH▲62

    Expose local servers to the internet using only SSH. No installation required. Perfect for testing webhooks, demos, and sharing your work.

    2017 · serveo.net · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Backname.io – every IP address gets its own domain▲46

    I was setting up tests involving DNS resolution recently, where something like 127.0.0.1.service.foo would have been tremendously useful. Back in the day, I'd have used xip.io - but sadly that service died. Well, every excuse is a good one when it comes to writing a DNS server! Backname.io joins nip.io and sslip.io in the wildcard DNS game.

    2023 · backname.io · its alternatives →

15. 15GB
    GitHub-based DNS Hosting▲37

    2014 · dns-api.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    A site to look up DNS records▲82

    DNS record lookups just as you like 'em

    2017 · dnsrecords.io · its alternatives →

17. 17DD
    Dnsyo – DNS propagation checker▲56

    2013 · samarudge.github.io · its alternatives →

18. 18
    DNSimple Slack App▲107

    Register and manage domains directly from your Slack channel

    2016 · dnsimple.com · its alternatives →

19. 19PD
    Privacy DNS – free, encrypted, no-logs, DoH, DoT, DoQ, DNSProxy▲14

    2024 · privacy-dns.pw · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Extend your platform via custom code with Deno Subhosting▲37

    Hey all, Andy from the Deno team here. We're excited to share with you Deno Subhosting, an easy way to extend your platforms functionality by securely running untrusted JavaScript written by your users. When we first launched Deno Deploy in 2021, we were surprised at the volume of requests from companies about getting access to the APIs needed to run Deno Deploy. Many companies wanted to give their users the ability to write custom logic in their app, but setting this up in the cloud presents security concerns and a ton of infra work/maintenance. We realized that there was an…

    2023 · deno.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Deno Subhosting▲82

    Allow developers to extend your product with custom code

    2023 · deno.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    NsLookup▲72

    A simple and powerful tool for querying DNS records

    2020 · nslookup.io · its alternatives →

23. 23
    NS6.com▲71

    Register domains across 800+ extensions with free WHOIS privacy, free DNS and free SSL on every domain. Search, transfer in, and manage everything in one place.

    2022 · ns6.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    DomainDetails.com - Free & Private WHOIS▲26

    Free & Private domain research - right in your browser

    Dec 2025 · domaindetails.com · its alternatives →

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