Domainak

A domain availability comparison tool that lets you search once and compare prices across multiple registrars instantly.

Enter a domain name and Domainak checks availability and pricing across 6 major registrars simultaneously:

• GoDaddy
• Namecheap
• Porkbun
• Dynadot
• Hostinger
• Spaceship

Results are displayed with filtering (available only) and sorting (by price or name) options.

Frontend

• React 19 + TypeScript
• Vite
• React Router
• Motion (animations)

Backend

• Express 5 + TypeScript
• Puppeteer Real Browser (web scraping with anti-bot bypass)
• Rate limiting (15 req/min per IP)

domainak/
├── frontend/ # React SPA
│ └── src/
│ ├── pages/ # Landing + Results pages
│ └── components/
├── backend/ # Express API
│ └── src/
│ ├── controllers/
│ ├── services/
│ │ └── registrars/ # Scraper for each registrar
│ └── routes/

• Node.js 18+
• npm

cd backend
npm install

Create .env.development.local:

PORT=8000
NODE_ENV=development

Start the server:

npm run dev

cd frontend
npm install
npm run dev

Frontend runs on http://localhost:5173, backend on http://localhost:8000.

GET /search?q={domain}

Search for domain availability across all registrars.

Example:

GET /search?q=example.com

Response:

{
 "success": true,
 "data": [
 {
 "registrar": "Namecheap",
 "status": "available",
 "price": 799,
 "currency": "₹"
 }
 ]
}

Frontend

• npm run dev - Start dev server
• npm run build - Production build
• npm run lint - Run ESLint

Backend

• npm run dev - Start with hot reload
• npm run start - Production mode

MIT