# .sh domain name checker

.sh is the country-code TLD of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. Developers like it as a nod to shell scripts, and it's popular for CLIs, infrastructure tools and install scripts.

Check a name: open https://availablewhois.com/?q=yourname.sh (replace `yourname`).

## .sh at a glance

- **Type**: Country-code TLD (ccTLD) of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- **Best for**: CLIs, infra, dev tools
- **How we check**: Registry RDAP where the registry publishes it, DNS otherwise. Each result says which one answered.

## Worth knowing

- Operated by Identity Digital, the same operator as .io and .ac.
- Great for domain hacks: words ending in "sh" (push, crash, fresh) can use the TLD as their last two letters.
- Usually priced above .com. Compare renewal prices.

## Related TLDs

[`.io`](https://availablewhois.com/tlds/io.md) · [`.dev`](https://availablewhois.com/tlds/dev.md) · [`.so`](https://availablewhois.com/tlds/so.md) · [`.tech`](https://availablewhois.com/tlds/tech.md)

Compare them all in the [TLD guide](https://availablewhois.com/tlds.md), or try a [domain hack](https://availablewhois.com/domain-hacks.md) that ends in `.sh`.

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Canonical page: https://availablewhois.com/tlds/sh · Check a domain: https://availablewhois.com/ · All docs: https://availablewhois.com/llms.txt