Our Mission
Our mission is to make the web more accessible by providing simple, useful, and reliable infrastructure that helps people build, experiment, and share online.
Building a More Accessible Web
Intent™ exists to reduce the barriers between an idea and putting that idea on the internet. We want developers, students, creators, communities, and independent projects to have access to useful web infrastructure without unnecessary complexity or cost.
Why Intent Exists
Getting started online can involve domain costs, complicated DNS configuration, hosting requirements, and technical barriers that can discourage people from experimenting.
Intent was created to make one part of that process simpler: getting a usable web address and managing the DNS behind it.
By providing free subdomains and a straightforward management experience, we aim to give people a simple starting point for their projects.
What We Believe
Access
People should have opportunities to participate in the web regardless of whether they can afford traditional domain registration.
Experimentation
People learn by building. We want to make it easier to try ideas, create prototypes, launch experiments, and learn through real projects.
Openness
We support an open and accessible internet where developers and creators can publish their work and build independent projects.
Responsible Infrastructure
Accessible infrastructure must also be responsible. We work to protect users, maintain service stability, and address abuse and security threats.
Built for the Community
Intent is built around the people who use and contribute to the service. Developers, students, creators, and communities help shape the direction of the project through their feedback and participation.
We believe useful infrastructure becomes stronger when the people who depend on it can participate in improving it.
Keeping Things Simple
Our goal is not to make users understand every part of DNS infrastructure before they can use it.
Instead, we want to provide a straightforward experience where someone can choose a subdomain, configure the necessary DNS records, and get back to building their project.
Supporting Builders
Intent is particularly useful for people building projects that need a simple online identity, including:
- Open-source projects
- Student projects and portfolios
- Personal websites and blogs
- Development and testing projects
- Community projects
- Experimental web applications
Accessibility and Responsibility
Making infrastructure accessible also means maintaining it responsibly. Intent works to balance accessibility with security, reliability, abuse prevention, and protection of the wider internet community.
Our policies exist to help ensure that free infrastructure remains useful for legitimate projects while limiting malicious or abusive activity.
Our Vision
We envision a web where getting started does not require a large budget, complicated infrastructure, or an established organization. Anyone with an idea should have a reasonable path toward building it and sharing it with others.
Looking Ahead
As Intent grows, our mission remains focused on building useful infrastructure that lowers barriers to participation on the web.
We will continue improving our services, listening to the community, and exploring new ways to help people build and publish online.
Help Us Build It
Intent is shaped by the people who use it. Join the community, contribute to the project, share feedback, or help others get started.
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