Show HN: Safe Domain Search – Avoid frontrunning, check availability locally

Search domain availability without getting tracked or frontrun by registrars.

Most online domain search tools silently log your queries and sometimes share them with 3rd parties. This opens the door to a shady practice called domain front-running — where someone (often a registrar) sees your search and registers the domain before you can.

Safe Domain Search protects your query by running all checks locally, using Go and Wails, with no analytics or telemetry.

Demo

• Checks if a domain resolves via DNS
• Looks for existing Name Server (NS) records
• Optionally performs a WHOIS lookup for deeper validation
• Returns a structured result with the outcome of each check
• Does not send your query to third-party services or tracking tools

“I checked availability at GoDaddy, and it was free. Hours later, it was listed as a premium domain for $500 — registered the same day by GoDaddy. I waited a week and bought it for the regular fee elsewhere. Never used GoDaddy again.”
— pixelrow on Reddit

Domain front-running is real, and it's not paranoia — it’s been reported on Hacker News, on Wikipedia, and in domain forums like NamePros.

Make sure you have the following installed:

• Go (v1.22 or higher)
• Node.js v22 – easiest with nvm
• Wails CLI