Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to dnsmasq

Product categories

Ad Blockers Block Ads Cloud Computing DNS DNS Services DNS Tools Digital Drawing And Painting Monitoring Tools Privacy Security & Privacy Threat Detection And Prevention Tool

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to dnsmasq are Pi-hole, NextDNS, and Technitium DNS Server. 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.

Pi-hole Landing Page
1

Pi-hole

Pi-hole is a multi-platform, network-wide ad blocker.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Security & Privacy #Ad Blockers #Threat Detection And Prevention 1185 social mentions
NextDNS Landing Page
2

NextDNS

Block ads, trackers and malicious websites on all your devices.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Security & Privacy #Threat Detection And Prevention #Ad Blockers 499 social mentions
Technitium DNS Server Landing Page
3

Technitium DNS Server

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
Simple DNSCrypt Landing Page
4

Simple DNSCrypt

A simple management tool for dnscrypt-proxy.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Security & Privacy #DNS #Ad Blockers 15 social mentions
uBlock Origin Landing Page
5

uBlock Origin

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
hBlock Landing Page
6

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hBlock

Improve your security and privacy by blocking ads, tracking and malware domains.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Security & Privacy #Ad Blockers #Threat Detection And Prevention 1 social mentions
AdAway Landing Page
7

AdAway

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
DNSCrypt Protocol Landing Page
8

DNSCrypt Protocol

A protocol to improve DNS security
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Security & Privacy #DNS #DNS Tools 12 social mentions
dhcpcd Landing Page
9

dhcpcd

dhcpcd is an implementation of the DHCP client specified in RFC2131.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Digital Drawing And Painting #DNS Services
AdGuard Home Landing Page
10

AdGuard Home

Powerful network-wide tool against ads & tracking
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Security & Privacy #Ad Blockers #Monitoring Tools 19 social mentions
Blokada Landing Page
11

Blokada

The best ad blocker for Android. Free and open source.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Security & Privacy #Ad Blockers #Threat Detection And Prevention 236 social mentions
RethinkDNS Landing Page
12

RethinkDNS

2B+ Android users deserve access to a safer and open Internet.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Security & Privacy #Monitoring Tools #Ad Blockers 21 social mentions