@moshcoder/moshpit-name

The Moshpit namespace rules: what is a valid ending, what a name parses to, which namespace wins, and what things cost.

Pure and dependency-free. No database, no network, no node: builtins — so the same code runs on a server, in a browser extension, and in CI.

npm i @moshcoder/moshpit-name

import { parseMoshpitName, tldRejection, parseTldList } from "@moshcoder/moshpit-name";

parseMoshpitName("blue.420");   // { label: "blue", tld: "420" }
parseMoshpitName("1.420");      // null — both halves numeric reads as an IPv4 literal
tldRejection("bank");           // "that name is reserved"

// A pasted list holds both halves of the namespace, in whichever shape the
// person typed. The leading dot is decoration; two labels is a name.
parseTldList("eggs\n.whatever\nblue.eggs\n.me.whatever");
// tlds:  ["eggs", "whatever"]
// names: [{ tld: "eggs", label: "blue" }, { tld: "whatever", label: "me" }]

Why it is a package

These rules were written three times: once in the registry, once in TronBrowser's TypeScript resolver, and once as a hand port of that into the extension — with a test asserting the last two agree. A test that exists to catch drift between two copies is a good sign the copies should be one thing.

CLI

moshpit-name check <ending...> [--json]
                                      can these endings be claimed, and if not why
moshpit-name parse <name> [--json]    split a name into its label and ending
moshpit-name list [-] [--limit N] [--json]
                                       parse up to N pasted entries; - reads stdin
moshpit-name reserved [--json]        list endings that cannot be claimed
moshpit-name prices [--json]          what an ending and a name cost

$ moshpit-name check .420
.420 — claimable

$ moshpit-name check .eggs .bank --json
{
  "count": 2,
  "claimableCount": 1,
  "rejectedCount": 1,
  "results": [
    {
      "input": ".eggs",
      "tld": "eggs",
      "claimable": true,
      "reason": null
    },
    {
      "input": ".bank",
      "tld": "bank",
      "claimable": false,
      "reason": "that name is reserved"
    }
  ]
}

$ moshpit-name parse 1.420
1.420 — not a Moshpit name (one label and one ending; both numeric reads as an address)

$ printf '.toplevel .redirect $2.00USD\neggs, yeah\n' | moshpit-name list -
.toplevel  → .redirect  $2
.eggs
.yeah

$ printf 'eggs\nyeah\noranges\n' | moshpit-name list - --limit 2 --json
{
  "entries": [
    { "tld": "eggs", "label": null, "aliasOf": null, "priceUsd": null },
    { "tld": "yeah", "label": null, "aliasOf": null, "priceUsd": null }
  ],
  "tlds": ["eggs", "yeah"],
  "names": [],
  "skipped": 1
}

$ moshpit-name reserved
.amazon
.amex
.anthropic
...

Every data command accepts --json, including failures, so scripts can consume the same rules without scraping the human-readable output:

$ moshpit-name check .420 --json
{
  "input": ".420",
  "tld": "420",
  "claimable": true,
  "reason": null
}

For compatibility, check <ending> --json returns the established bare result object shown above. Passing two or more endings returns the batch wrapper with counts and a results array.

list --limit N stops after N unique entries and reports the remainder in skipped. N must be an integer from 1 through 1000, the package's bulk ceiling. The option works with inline arguments or stdin and can appear before or after -.

What it decides

Shape. One label and one ending. a.b.c is malformed, not a subdomain. Either half may be all digits — .420 is an ending people want — but both being numeric reads as an abbreviated IPv4 literal, so 1.420 is refused where blue.420 is not.

Reserved names. Endings that trade on trust in money, a company, or an institution cannot be claimed.

Precedence. clearnet mode lets the real internet win and Moshpit fill gaps; moshpit mode lets a registered name beat a clearnet answer. Which one applies is the resolver operator's call, and through them the user's.

Prices. An ending is $5/year; a name under one is $2/year, set by that ending's operator. Whole dollars — the trailing cent in a .99 buys nothing and every number here is one a person has to reason about.

Pasted lists. Newlines, commas and semicolons separate; a line may carry a price and an ending to point at. .187 is an ending, bare 187 is a price.

License

MIT.