DNS - Servers
Sorted by GitHub stars, which measures attention rather than fitness. Read the release date and the commit count next to it before picking one.
| Tool | Stars |
|---|---|
Flexible DNS server. Apache-2.0 · released 2026-08-19 | 14,299 |
Validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver. BSD-3-Clause · released 2026-08-04 | 4,859 |
Versatile nameserver which supports a large number of backends. GPL-2.0 · released unknown | 4,464 |
Authoritative DNS name server developed speed, reliability, stability and security. BSD-3-Clause · released 2026-09-02 | 571 |
Clean, small, light and RFC-compliant name server implementation developed from scratch by .eu. BSD-3-Clause · released 2026-03-24 | 81 |
Versatile, classic, complete name server software. MPL-2.0 · released unknown | n/a |
High performance authoritative-only DNS server. GPL-3.0 · released unknown | n/a |
A collection of DNS applications, including tinydns. CC0-1.0 · released unknown | n/a |
Provides network infrastructure for small networks: DNS, DHCP, router advertisement and network boot. GPL-2.0 · released unknown | n/a |
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