# Free Name

Find a free name: a WMIT-era product for checking name availability across domains and social platforms, in two halves:

- `web/` The ASP.NET service and site: whois and domain checks with caching, name suggestion, a Google interface, a Twitter handle check and a register interface. C#, MySQL-backed.
- `iOS/` The native iPhone app (Objective-C, around 2011): the same idea in your pocket, localised into a dozen languages, talking to the web service.

The database settings in `web/FreeName/Web.config` are development defaults with the password replaced by a placeholder.

## Status: as is

Released as a historical artifact in 2026, unmaintained. The APIs it talked to (Google search, Twitter, whois endpoints) and the iOS SDK of 2011 have all moved on; published for reading and archaeology.

## License

GNU General Public License v3.0, see LICENSE.txt.

Created by Willem L. Middelkoop (willem.com), WMIT