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Technitium DNS Server is an open source authoritative and recursive DNS server you can self-host for privacy and security.

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Technitium DNS Server is an open source authoritative and recursive DNS server you can self-host for privacy and security. It filters ads and malware at the DNS level across your entire network, runs with little or no configuration, and provides a browser-based web console for managing zones and filtering.

Platform availability

Available on 1 of 9 platforms

  • Unraid
  • TrueNAS (not listed)
  • Umbrel (not listed)
  • ZimaOS (not listed)
  • Proxmox (not listed)
  • Helm (not listed)
  • Mac (not listed)
  • Windows (not listed)
  • Linux (not listed)

Health score?A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). When the source code has been checked, a fifth factor, security check (20%: automated scan for committed secrets, unsafe desktop-app settings, known-vulnerable dependencies and project hygiene; any serious finding caps it at 20), is added. Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.

79/100 Good

Maintained
100last commit 8 days ago
Popular
8010,217 GitHub stars
Easy to install
351 install platform, install notes, Docker image
Light to run
No data

Based on 3 of 4 factors.

Availability: platform listings confirmed today

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Resources & Compatibility

ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is supported.

Checked today - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

First-install notes

  • Web console setup The server works out of the box with minimal configuration. Open its web console from any modern browser to manage DNS zones and ad/malware filtering. source

Fetched today - each note links to its source

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Checked today - source: AlternativeTo

Common questions

Can multiple Technitium DNS Server instances be managed from one web console?

Yes. It includes a built-in Clustering feature to manage two or more DNS Server instances from a single admin web console.

Can Technitium serve encrypted DNS services to clients?

Yes. It supports self-hosting DNS-over-TLS, DNS-over-HTTPS, and DNS-over-QUIC, and DNS-over-HTTPS supports HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, and HTTP/3.

How can Technitium block ads and malware?

You can configure one or more block list URLs to filter ads and malware at the DNS level.

Answers sourced from github.com

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