Namehold beta

Own your .names.
Keep your keys.

Namehold is a desktop wallet for Handshake: hold HNS, win and renew top-level names, edit their DNS, and buy or sell them on the Shakedex market. Your recovery phrase stays on your computer.

Download Read the source macOS, Windows, Linux ยท open source, MIT
The Namehold wallet page: spendable balance, Send and Receive, and the names that need attention

Every step of a name, in one place

All your names, and what each one needs next

The Names page shows every name you own, bid on or watch, with its next step and how long you have. Read about managing names.

  • Bid, reveal, renew, finalize or transfer in batches
  • Edit DNS records with a typed editor
  • A note on names written with look-alike letters
The Names page: a table of names with status, countdowns and filters

Buy and sell names without a middleman

Namehold trades through Shakedex. Before you buy, your own node checks each listing against the chain. See all features.

  • Buy Now and reverse auctions
  • List your names and lower a price later
  • See each purchase through to finalize
The Market page: Shakedex listings checked by your node, and your purchases on their way

One page for each name

See where a name stands, what happened to it and what you can do with it now, including a flag for names also applied for in ICANN's 2026 round. Read about auctions.

A name's page: its timeline, details and actions

Your keys stay with you

  • Encrypted on your computer. A new mainnet wallet needs a passphrase of at least 8 characters.
  • Secrets stay in a secure window. Your phrase and passphrase are typed outside the main app window.
  • Ledger support. With a Ledger Nano, the device signs and you confirm on its screen.
  • Read the security section.

You choose whom to trust

  • Your own node. Run hsd from the app, or point it at one you trust. Sending needs a node. How nodes work here.
  • Read without one. Check balances and names through an explorer while you get set up.
  • Open source. Read the code and check every release file against its signature.

Download

Every file is on the Releases page.

SystemFileSize
macOSNamehold_<version>_universal.dmg
WindowsNamehold_<version>_x64-setup.exe
Linux, any distributionNamehold_<version>_amd64.AppImage
Debian, UbuntuNamehold_<version>_amd64.deb
Fedora, RHELNamehold-<version>-1.x86_64.rpm

Beta software. Transactions, transfers and name sales are irreversible. Test with one name or a small amount first. The macOS and Windows builds are not code-signed, so check your download.

Check your download step by step

What changed in each version.