eth.sucks — New Gateway for ENS Websites
eth.sucks is a new gateway for ENS websites. By appending .sucks to any ENS with an IPFS/IPNS content hash, you can access its website in browsers. Here are several examples:
- https://vitalik.eth.sucks/
- https://planetable.eth.sucks/
- https://banny.eth.sucks/
- https://jango.eth.sucks/
- https://jbdao.eth.sucks/
- https://yihanphotos.eth.sucks/
- https://ohlife.eth.sucks/
- https://gamedb.eth.sucks/
- https://sepia.olivida.eth.sucks/
eth.sucks is optimized for media-rich websites featuring images and videos. It performs lossless image compression at the CDN edge level and utilizes several HTTP caching settings, such as stale-while-revalidate, to optimize media loading. The project was launched in April 2024 and is currently serving about 20K visitors per month.
The sites listed above, except for vitalik.eth, were all built with Planet or Croptop.
Croptop is a new macOS native app based on Planet’s open-source code. With a special template designed by jango.eth, it provides a simple drag-and-drop interface to create sites like these:
- https://jango.eth.sucks/
- https://watch.banny.eth.sucks/
- https://ohlife.eth.sucks/
- https://kmacb.eth.sucks/
Publish your site following instructions at croptop.eth.sucks. The native app includes a local IPFS node, enabling you to publish websites directly to the Internet without relying on third-party services. It’s a 100% self-hosted solution for creating and publishing ENS websites:
- Create a website with Croptop.
- Croptop adds the website to its local IPFS node and generates an IPNS string for you.
- Link that IPNS string to your ENS content hash, and you’ll have a live website on your ENS.
- Visitors can access it via eth.sucks, eth.limo, or IPFS-capable browsers like Brave.
The creation and publishing process is entirely local and GUI-based—no third-party accounts, command lines, or git are needed. Your local app retains full ownership of your website, ensuring that no one can modify or delete it. The publishing process to IPNS/ENS is secured by cryptography.
Steward Commentary
The ENS Ecosystem Stewards are awarding the team behind eth.sucks and croptop a 10,000 USDC Grant.
The beauty of products like eth.sucks is that value accrual is bi-directional. The better croptop and eth.sucks perform, the more reason there is to use ENS. As more people acquire ENS names, more people can spin up decentralized websites. We are excited to support this team with a retroactive grant.