DomainScan - Devlog #01

I’m building a web app to help you check domain availability and prices for your next idea.

I started building this because I was tired of checking dozens of domain names (including variations) by hand every time I had a new idea.

Features

I finished building the main feature: searching for domains and checking their availability & price through the Cloudflare Registrar API. I also built these features:

you can enter either a project name and get some (customizable) suggestions or enter a domain name and check just for its availability.
for multi-word searches, trying both with and without hyphens between the words
auto adding prefixes from a customizable list (to give you a better chance of finding an available domain)
customizable TLD list

Tech stack

I’m using TanStack Start, with TanStack Query to cache and optimize the CF Registrar requests.
For the UI, I’m using shadcn/ui components (with BaseUI primitives and HugeIcons).

For persisting settings between website visits/reloads, I’m using usehooks-ts’s useLocalStorage.

Next up: adding more features, polishing the UX, and deploying it.

If you have ideas for features you’d like to see, I’d love to hear them!

Next devlog (#02)