Clean, professional handles for GitHub, Dev.to and your portfolio. Generate ideas and grab the matching .dev or .com.
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Techy, nerdy or minimal: find a handle that works on GitHub, npm, Dev.to and your portfolio domain.
As a developer, your username shows up in every commit, pull request, package and blog post, and it becomes your GitHub Pages address. It should be clean, professional and the same on GitHub, Dev.to and your personal domain. This developer username generator creates 20 tech-style ideas from your word, and every idea opens a check across GitHub, Dev.to and other platforms, plus the matching domain.
Quick answers to the most common questions.
Short, professional and stable: your name or a consistent handle, without years or version numbers.
No. GitHub allows letters, numbers and single hyphens only, up to 39 characters.
Yes. A consistent handle makes it easy for recruiters and readers to connect your code and your writing.
Yes, completely free with no sign-up.
A matching .dev or .com makes a great portfolio address. The Domain search shows which are free.
A handle only works inside one app. The domain is the part you keep — it carries your site, your email and your link in bio even if you move platforms. Names that are free on one platform today are usually free as a .com too, and that stops being true fast.
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Your GitHub username is part of every repository URL, commit and pull request, and it's the address of your GitHub Pages site. Recruiters, collaborators and open-source maintainers see it constantly. A clean, professional handle that matches your Dev.to, npm and personal domain makes you easy to find and easy to trust.
GitHub usernames are up to 39 characters and allow only letters, numbers and single hyphens; they can't start or end with a hyphen. Dev.to usernames allow letters, numbers and underscores. Because the two platforms treat punctuation differently, the safest choice is a handle with letters and numbers only.
Popular patterns include your name plus a tech word (alexcodes, alexdev, alexlabs), a verb plus your name (buildwithalex, hackalex), or a short brand-like handle. Avoid years and version numbers, which date quickly. Generate a batch, then check each idea on GitHub and Dev.to in one tap.
A portfolio at yourname.dev or yourname.com is a great home for projects, a blog and a CV. Use Domain search to check .dev, .com, .io and 100+ other extensions, and register the one that matches your handle.
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