Upcoming TLDs / .project
Can you register a .project domain?
Source: ICANN 2026 round applications, checked October 27, 2026. Not in the IANA root zone as of October 26, 2026.
What .project would mean
In their own words, from the public part of each application (question 118):
A project is a planned piece of work with an aim and an end; to project is to show something or cast it forward.
a planned effort with tasks
Project commonly refers to a planned undertaking, initiative, effort, or work intended to achieve a particular objective, result, or outcome.
"Project" is an English word meaning a planned piece of work or undertaking carried out to achieve a particular aim, whether individual, collaborative, creative, technical, or commercial.
PROJECT is a planned effort undertaken to achieve a goal. As a verb, it can mean to estimate what comes next or cast an image onto a surface. Every big result starts as a project.
Who applied for .project
Intercap Registry Inc.
KY, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
The proposed .project top-level domain represents the project - a planned piece of work with an aim and an end. Projects are how people and organizations organize building, research, renovation, writing, and undertakings of every kind. To project is also to show something or cast it forward.
Link Freedom Group / LFG
Link Freedom Group Ltd, MT, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
Link Freedom Group (LFG) aspires to become a best-in-class, vertically integrated domain name registration authority, see linkfreedomgroup.link. This TLD is part of a carefully curated portfolio of strings that LFG intends to pursue in ICANN’s 2026 New gTLD Program. In assembling this portfolio, LFG focused on securing meaningful, memorable, and commercially compelling strings that resonate strongly with end users and offer long-term growth potential.
Oyster Dream, LLC
US, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
The mission of .PROJECT is to provide a namespace associated with the concept of project as a planned undertaking, initiative, effort, or work intended to achieve a particular objective, result, or outcome. The .PROJECT gTLD is intended to serve a broad range of registrants and users, including individuals, businesses, organizations, communities, projects, and other entities that identify with, relate to, or wish to be associated with the concept represented by the applied-for string.
Radix Technologies Inc SEZC
Radix Technologies Inc SEZC, KY, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
1. Mission and purpose: The mission of .project is to provide a namespace for the universal unit of organized work: the project. Intended registrants include teams and companies presenting initiatives under the widespread "Project X" naming convention; open-source projects; construction and real estate developments; nonprofit and community initiatives; and creative works. Intended users are the collaborators, backers, customers and communities those projects serve worldwide. Following delegation, the applicant will, as registry operator of the .project TLD, conduct a phased launch, implement …
XYZ.COM LLC
US, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
1. Mission and purpose. This gTLD will be operated as an open, unrestricted generic top-level domain. Its purpose is to expand naming choice in the DNS by making this term available at the top level for any lawful use chosen by the registrant. Registrations will be available to all registrants on a first-come, first-served basis through ICANN-accredited registrars, subject only to the Registry Agreement, ICANN Consensus Policies, and applicable law. The applicant will not operate this gTLD on an exclusive basis.
What happens next
- April 30, 2026: Application window opened (done)
- August 12, 2026: Application window closed (done)
- October 7, 2026: Reveal Day: ICANN published every applied-for string (done)
- October 21, 2026: Replacement period ended (applicants could switch to a backup string) (done)
- November 17, 2026: String Confirmation Day: the final list of applied-for strings
- March 16, 2027: Community input and objections period ends
Dates from ICANN’s Reveal Day announcement, checked October 27, 2026. We re-check the applications every day and this page changes when they do.
When will .project be available?
ICANN has not set a date. The final list of applied-for strings comes on String Confirmation Day (November 17, 2026), community input and objections run until March 16, 2027, and ICANN processes applications after a prioritization draw in 2027. Registration opens only after ICANN delegates .project and its registry announces launch dates.