{"slug": "njalla", "name": "Njalla", "category": "networking", "category_name": "Networking and VPN", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 6, "warners": 0, "score": 3.478, "rising": 0.35, "first": "2025-12-21", "latest": "2026-10-18", "why": "Can recommend https://njal.la if you still need port forwarding.", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 2, "compare": 1, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "Can recommend https://njal.la if you still need port forwarding.", "kind": "", "icon": true, "domain": "njal.la", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://njal.la/", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Njalla", "Njal.la", "njal.la"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 793401712, "item_id": 49587607, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49587607", "by": "TowerTall", "date": "2026-09-06", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "njal.la (no affiliate) exists for that purpose.", "excerpt": "njal.la (no affiliate) exists for that purpose. It is a privacy focused domain service that is run by the people behind the pirate bay. [1] https://njal.la/domains/", "context": "", "use_case": "private domain registration", "switched_from": "", "story": "A/I shuts down"}, {"id": 784463840, "item_id": 49028990, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49028990", "by": "punk_ihaq", "date": "2026-07-23", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I've been a happy customer of https://njal.la/ for years", "excerpt": "I've been a happy customer of https://njal.la/ for years", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Namecheap Gave My Account to an Unverified Third Party Just Because They Asked"}, {"id": 741558704, "item_id": 46347419, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46347419", "by": "dr00tb", "date": "2025-12-21", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Can recommend https://njal.la if you still need port forwarding.", "excerpt": "Can recommend https://njal.la if you still need port forwarding.", "context": "", "use_case": "port forwarding", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Going Dark initiative or ProtectEU is a Chat Control 3.0 attempt"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["domain registration without kyc", "private domain registration", "port forwarding"], "compared": [], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50142866", "title": "Namecheap just seized and disabled all my domains", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49586898", "title": "A/I shuts down", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49028037", "title": "Namecheap Gave My Account to an Unverified Third Party Just Because They Asked", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48954878", "title": "Show HN: NS6 \u2013 Find your perfect domain", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48098537", "title": "Can Someone Please Explain Whether Cloudflare Blackmailed Canonical?", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46347080", "title": "The Going Dark initiative or ProtectEU is a Chat Control 3.0 attempt", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {"compare": 1, "recommend": 1}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-10": {"neutral": 1}}, "versions": [], "version_unnamed": 0, "family_ref": null, "runs_on": null, "lines": [], "quotes": [{"id": 802314688, "item_id": 50144668, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50144668", "by": "privacyishuman", "date": "2026-10-18", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use Njalla for my domain even though they aren't a free speech provider, at all", "excerpt": "Absolutely agree\u2014it's disgusting. I use Njalla for my domain even though they aren't a free speech provider, at all, I likely won't come into conflict with them and they won't require KYC.", "context": "", "use_case": "domain registration without KYC", "switched_from": "", "story": "Namecheap just seized and disabled all my domains"}, {"id": 793401712, "item_id": 49587607, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49587607", "by": "TowerTall", "date": "2026-09-06", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "njal.la (no affiliate) exists for that purpose.", "excerpt": "njal.la (no affiliate) exists for that purpose. It is a privacy focused domain service that is run by the people behind the pirate bay. 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Domains registered under NS6 are in fact registered under your name, not NS6. Therefor making you the owner of them. Since that's how ICANN rules work. \"We register and manage domain names on your behalf through Dynadot, an ICANN-accredited registrar.\" means we are acting as a registration service or reseller. In practice: Dynadot is the ICA", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: NS6 \u2013 Find your perfect domain"}, {"id": 769621200, "item_id": 48101325, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48101325", "by": "Libre___", "date": "2026-05-11", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Njalla seems to have reorganized or changed ownership fairly recently", "excerpt": "I dislike CFs role in the modern Internet as much as the next person, but this is a bunch of speculation trying to connect dots with no basis other than that a Canonical cert renewal happened on the same day as a company transfer. There might be somewhat of a tangential story, however, in that Njalla seems to have reorganized or changed ownership fairly recently[1], and that Njalla and immateriali.sm seem to be relat", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Can Someone Please Explain Whether Cloudflare Blackmailed Canonical?"}, {"id": 741558704, "item_id": 46347419, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46347419", "by": "dr00tb", "date": "2025-12-21", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Can recommend https://njal.la if you still need port forwarding.", "excerpt": "Can recommend https://njal.la if you still need port forwarding.", "context": "", "use_case": "port forwarding", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Going Dark initiative or ProtectEU is a Chat Control 3.0 attempt"}]}