.dev

{{Short description|Internet top-level domain for software developers}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}

{{Infobox top level domain

| name = .dev

| image = .dev gTLD logo.png

| introduced = 2014 {{small|(registered)}}
2019 {{small|(public availability)}}

| type = Generic top-level domain (gTLD)

| status = Active

| registry = Charleston Road Registry Inc.

| intendeduse = Software developers, web developers

| actualuse = Software engineers, development tools, software frameworks and libraries

| restrictions =

| structure =

| document = {{URL|https://www.icann.org/resources/agreement/dev-2014-10-16-en|ICANN registry agreement}}

| DNSname =

| disputepolicy =

| website = {{URL|https://get.dev}}

| registereddomains =351,269

| dateregistereddomains =25 January 2023

| refregistereddomains =[https://ntldstats.com/tld/dev nTLD stats. greenSec GmbH.]

| dnssec = Yes

}}

.dev is a top-level domain name operated by Google Registry.{{Cite web |title=Delegation Record for .DEV |url=https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/dev.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812162035/https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/dev.html |archive-date=12 August 2022 |access-date=3 October 2022 |publisher=IANA |language=en}} It was proposed in ICANN's new generic top-level domain (gTLD) program, and became available to the general public on March 1, 2019, with an early access period that began on February 19.{{Cite web |title=Hello .dev |url=https://get.dev/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903153647/https://get.dev/ |archive-date=3 September 2019 |access-date=3 September 2019 |website=get.dev |language=en}}

Security

The .dev top-level domain is incorporated on the HSTS preload list, requiring HTTPS on all .dev domains without individual HSTS enlistment.

History

Web developers have been using .dev top-level domains within their internal networks for testing purposes for a long time. However, after Google acquired the TLD, such environments have stopped functioning on some modern web browsers.{{Cite news |last=Koopersmith |first=Daryl |date=28 November 2017 |title=Use a .dev domain? Not anymore. |url=https://medium.engineering/use-a-dev-domain-not-anymore-95219778e6fd |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003221108/https://medium.engineering/use-a-dev-domain-not-anymore-95219778e6fd?gi=b5406926bd6f |archive-date=3 October 2022 |access-date=3 October 2022 |newspaper=Medium |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=McCarthy |first=Kieren |date=29 November 2017 |title=Wondering why your internal .dev web app has stopped working? |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/11/29/google_dev_network/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003221348/https://www.theregister.com/2017/11/29/google_dev_network/ |archive-date=3 October 2022 |access-date=3 October 2022 |publisher=The Register |language=en}}

See also

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