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21 Best Free and Open Source DNS Servers

March 19, 2025 Erik Karlsson Internet, Roundup, System Software

Domain Name System (DNS) is the internet’s directory service. We recommend the best free and open source DNS servers.

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Technitium – self host a DNS server for privacy and security

March 13, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

Technitium DNS Server is an authoritative as well as recursive DNS server that can be used for self hosting a DNS server.

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SmartDNS – local DNS server

March 12, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

SmartDNS is a local DNS server that accepts DNS query requests from local clients, then gets DNS query results from multiple upstream DNS servers and returns the fastest results.

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PopuraDNS – build of CoreDNS

March 11, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

PopuraDNS is a simple DNS server with decentralized domain names support. PopuraDNS is a special build of CoreDNS.

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pkdns – DNS server resolving pkarr self-sovereign domains

March 10, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

pkdns is a DNS server providing self-sovereign and censorship-resistant domain names. It resolves records hosted on the mainline DHT.

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pdnsd – DNS server

March 9, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

pdnsd is a DNS server designed for local caching of DNS information.

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Hickory – Rust-based DNS client, server and resolver

March 8, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

Hickory is a Rust based DNS client, server, and resolver, built to be safe and secure from the ground up.

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FDNS – encrypted DNS proxy

March 7, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

FDNS is an encrypted DNS proxy designed for small networks and Linux desktops.

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dprox – lightweight DNS proxy server

March 6, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

dprox is a lightweight DNS proxy server. It’s created as a drop-in replacement of dnsmasq to work with dnsmasq-china-list.

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dnrs – light DNS server

March 5, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

dnrs is a light DNS server. It aims to modernize the approach to writing configuration files and to be lightweight.

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