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Is this Hex username free?
Check any Hex username against the platform itself, asked from the beat.rip edge. Beat.rip says taken, likely free or exactly why it cannot tell.
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- characters
- 2–40
- how it is checked
- Edge
- best free answer
- Likely free
Hex username rules
- Length
- 2 to 40 characters
- Characters
- Lowercase letters, digits, underscores and hyphens. No capitals: the charset is lowercase only. Beat.rip lowercases what you type, so “Name” is checked as “name”.
Beat.rip checks these rules on your device before any request. A username that breaks them is marked invalid, never available, and no request is sent for it.
How Beat.rip checks Hex
The beat.rip edge asks hex.pm directly, and nobody in between. Hex users API: 200 with username, 404 for none.
Requests are paced to at most 2 requests at a time, 200 ms apart, identify themselves as beat.rip, and each answer is cached for seconds to minutes, so a busy minute never hammers the platform.
Every result row links to https://hex.pm/users/name, with your name in place of “name”, so you can confirm by hand.
What each answer means on Hex
- Taken
The platform’s own endpoint returned an account for the username.
- Likely free
No account at Hex’s own endpoint. Likely free, but a name can still be reserved, suspended or held.
- Unknown
The platform refused, rate-limited or answered something unrecognised. The row says which and links to the profile.
- Invalid
The username breaks one of the rules above, so nothing was asked.
Questions about Hex usernames
How long can a username be on Hex?
Between 2 and 40 characters.
Which characters can a username use on Hex?
Only lowercase letters, digits, underscores and hyphens. No capitals: the charset is lowercase only. Beat.rip lowercases what you type, so “Name” is checked as “name”.
Can Beat.rip tell whether a username is free on Hex?
It can say “likely free” when Hex’s own endpoint has no such account. A name can still be reserved, suspended or held, so Beat.rip never calls it available.
Does checking a username on Hex reserve it?
No. Beat.rip cannot sign up on your behalf; claim the username on Hex itself. Availability changes by the minute.