Domain Finder

11/29/2014 - this project has been abandoned, as the API it relies on has changed

Say you're working on a new web project and suddenly think of a good name for it. "Well, this is sort of like Facebook, and also like Twitter," you muse. "I've got it - facetweet!"

You could open up a browser tab and check domains on a registrar. Or, you could search right in your terminal with domain_finder.

Easy peasy lemon squeezy:

$ gem install domain_finder

After installing, simply type domain foo in your terminal. Feeling particularly lazy? You can even search for multiple domains at once:

domain facetweet twitbook
** facetweet **
✘  facetweet.com
✘  facetweet.net
○  facetweet.org
✘  facetweet.co
○  facetweet.io
✘  facetweet.me
○  facetw.ee
?  face.tw
✘  facetwe.et
✘  fac.et
✘  f.ac
** twitbook **
✘  twitbook.com
✘  twitbook.net
○  twitbook.org
○  twitbook.co
○  twitbook.io
○  twitbook.me
○  twit.bo
?  twit.book
✘  tw
✘  twit.boo
✘  tw.it

domain_finder works (and is tested) with Ruby 1.9.3, 2.0.0 and 2.1.0.