Updates

Last updated October 30, 2026

Version 0.0.1: the new FreeUsername website

Released: 30 October 2026 (this release)

This is the first full release of the new FreeUsername website. Everything before it, including the site at whatsmynameapps.us, was a beta test. Pages move from the old domain to freeusername.com over a few days, at the same addresses.

• Username search runs on the FreeUsername™ engine, which uses site data from the WhatsMyName project by Micah Hoffman, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, together with data from Sherlock and Maigret. The engine adds more sites we verify ourselves, 3,450+ in all.
• For 9 sites, including TikTok, X, Kick, GitHub and Bluesky, the check runs from your own browser first, with our server as the fallback.
• The Discord checker asks Discord’s own sign-up username check, so a taken name shows as taken even when the profile is private.
• Results stream in as each site answers, with the best-known sites first. Sites that fail our nightly checks are hidden until they work again.
• The Android app uses the same open data, credited on its open-source page.

FreeUsername is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the WhatsMyName, Sherlock or Maigret projects. Thank you to their maintainers and contributors.

Questions about these changes? Contact us.