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BIND

BIND is by far the most widely used DNS software on the Internet.

Top 11 Open-Source Alternatives to BIND

dnsmasq Pi-hole NextDNS uBlock Origin dhcpcd Technitium DNS Server Simple DNSCrypt Blokada AdAway

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to BIND are dnsmasq, Pi-hole, and NextDNS. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. Dnsmasq is a lightweight, easy to configure DNS forwarder and DHCP server.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Security & Privacy #Ad Blockers #Block Ads 5 social mentions

  2. Pi-hole is a multi-platform, network-wide ad blocker.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Security & Privacy #Ad Blockers #Threat Detection And Prevention 1185 social mentions

  3. Block ads, trackers and malicious websites on all your devices.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Security & Privacy #Threat Detection And Prevention #Ad Blockers 499 social mentions

  4. Popular and efficient blocker for Chromium, Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari, Thunderbird.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Security & Privacy #Ad Blockers #Threat Detection And Prevention 3 social mentions

  5. 5
    dhcpcd is an implementation of the DHCP client specified in RFC2131.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Monitoring Tools #Digital Drawing And Painting #DNS Services

  6. Technitium DNS Server is an open source tool that can be used for self hosting a local DNS server for privacy & security or, used for testing by developers on their computer.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Security & Privacy #Ad Blockers #Threat Detection And Prevention 30 social mentions

  7. Improve your security and privacy by blocking ads, tracking and malware domains.
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    • Open Source

    #Security & Privacy #Ad Blockers #Threat Detection And Prevention 1 social mentions

  8. A simple management tool for dnscrypt-proxy.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Security & Privacy #DNS #Ad Blockers 15 social mentions

  9. The best ad blocker for Android. Free and open source.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Security & Privacy #Ad Blockers #Threat Detection And Prevention 236 social mentions

  10. 10
    An ad blocker that uses the hosts file. For Android, requires root.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Security & Privacy #Ad Blockers #Threat Detection And Prevention 73 social mentions

  11. Powerful network-wide tool against ads & tracking
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    • Open Source

    #Security & Privacy #Ad Blockers #Monitoring Tools 19 social mentions

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