Forward Domain

For hosting guide See HOSTING.md and CHANGES.md

This service forwards domains using HTTP(s) redirects.

Example scenarios:

• Forward non-www to www domains or vice versa
• Forward old domains to new domains

Why using this service?

• No coding required
• No hosting required
• No registration required
• Completely anonymous
• Completely free

How does it works?

• Point your domain to us using CNAME or A/AAAA records
• Tell us where to forward using TXT records
• We handle HTTPS certificates for you

Get Started

To forward from www.old.com to old.com, add these records to your DNS:

www.old.com     IN    CNAME   r.forwarddomain.net
_.www.old.com   IN    TXT     forward-domain=https://old.com/*

Because CNAME can't be used in apex domains, you can use A/AAAA records.
To forward from old.com to new.net, add these records to your DNS:

old.com     IN    A       167.172.5.31
_.old.com   IN    TXT     forward-domain=https://new.net/*

The star * at the end tells us that the remaining URL path is also need to be forwarded to the destination URL.

If you use Cloudflare or any DNS which supports CNAME Flattening, you still can use CNAME records pointing to r.forwarddomain.net. It's recommended to use CNAME records rather than A/AAAA records.

You can choose the type of redirection you want to use by declaring the http-status value:

www.old.com     IN    CNAME   r.forwarddomain.net
_.www.old.com   IN    TXT     http-status=302;forward-domain=https://old.com/*

The HTTP codes available for use include:

• 301 Permanent redirection (default)
• 302 Temporary redirection (may keeping SEO from indexing new location)
• 307 Temporary redirection while keeping HTTP verb
• 308 Permanent redirection while keeping HTTP verb

FAQ

Is it really free?

Forwarding domains should be easy to setup.
I use this myself for domcloud.io.

How can I check redirects will work?

This service uses Google's Public DNS Resolver.
Once first accessed, values will be cached for a day.
For right now there's no way to flush the cache sorry.

Why it loads slowly?

It only slow at first time because it has to sign HTTPS certificates.

How about IPv6?

IPv6 record is added in r.forwarddomain.net so subdomain redirects will simply work with IPv6. We don't guarantee that its IPv6 address will be persistent though. See #2 for apex domains setup.

What records do we keep?

We only keep caches of DNS records and SSL certs. This also means we can see how many users and what domains are using our service from the software cache, but that's all. We don't keep log traffic nor keep any user data anywhere on our server.

How can I support this service?

Star our repo and spread the word, please :)

Additionally, you can also help us cover hosting costs.

Credits

Things in package.json. I also borrow code from zbo14/certnode.

Usual Disclaimer

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IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.