Get started
Get started
Application Namer is a Next.js app you run yourself. There is no account to create and no hosted instance.
- Step 1
Install
From a checkout of the repository, run
pnpm install. You need Node.js 24 and pnpm. - Step 2
Start it
Run
pnpm devand open http://localhost:3000. - Step 3
Check a Name
Registry checks work immediately, with no keys.
- Step 4
Turn on Suggestions
Copy
.env.exampleto.env.localand configure at least one Provider: an API key, or a running MCP bridge.
Quickstart
pnpm install
pnpm dev
# open http://localhost:3000What you need
- Node.js 24 and pnpm
- Nothing else for Registry checks
- For Suggestions: a key for the Claude API or the OpenAI API, or a running mcp-agent-bridge server
- Optional: a GitHub token, which raises GitHub’s search limit from about 10 to about 30 requests per minute