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Technitium DNS Server

Authoritative/recursive DNS server with ad blocking functionality.

Self-hosted alternative to

NextDNS

Website
https://technitium.com/dns/
Source code
https://github.com/TechnitiumSoftware/DnsServer
GitHub stars
10,267
Repository activity
17 October 2026
Latest release
v15.6.2, 17 October 2026
Health
Active From the repository record in this build
License
GPL-3.0
Platforms
Docker, C#
Categories
DNS

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