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24 alternatives to An etcd backed DHCP server

A DHCP server backed by etcd. Contribute to lclarkmichalek/etcdhcp development by creating an account on GitHub.

An etcd backed DHCP server is a network utility that manages dynamic IP address assignment using etcd for configuration storage and retrieval. It's designed for system administrators and network engineers who need DHCP… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. An etcd backed DHCP server launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   A simple-to-update dynamic DNS service▲30

   2014 · dhcp.io · its alternatives →

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   DHCP as a file system – an experiment with Go and FUSE▲34

   DHCP as a FUSE file system. Contribute to lmorg/dhcpdfs development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   ZeroHTTPd: A web server to teach Linux performance, with benchmarks▲472

   Articles in this series Part I. Iterative ServersPart II. Forking ServersPart III. Pre-forking ServersPart IV. Threaded ServersPart V. Pre-threaded ServersPart VI: poll-based serverPart VII: epoll-…

   2019 · unixism.net · its alternatives →

4. 4OS
   Ondevice SSH – Terminal emulator for devices without public IP address▲152

   ondevice.io - all your devices in one place - no need to set up port forwarding

   2017 · ondevice.io · its alternatives →

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   Shittp – Volatile Dotfiles over SSH▲136

   Bring your dotfiles to remote machine via SSH. Contribute to FOBshippingpoint/shittp development by creating an account on GitHub.

   Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Vulcand – Proxy for microservices and API▲11

   Programmatic load balancer backed by Etcd. Contribute to vulcand/vulcand development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   unsafehttp – tiny web server from scratch in C, running on an orange pi▲87

   Hey HN, I wanted to get more familiar with C programming, *nix socket programming and C compilation, so I wrote this "web" ""server"". It's running on a tiny SBC in my office, and there's as little as possible between you and it. Happy for you to try and break it, hopefully with something more interesting than a DoS though :) Please let me know if you find any issues.

   2025 · unsafehttp.benren.au · its alternatives →

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   Caddy-SSH▲280

   Caddy-SSH is a general-purpose, memory-safe SSH server built in Go

   2022 · caffeinatedwonders.com · its alternatives →

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   A little web server in C▲178

   A little web server written in C for Linux. Supports: CGI, Reverse Proxy. Single threaded using I/O multiplexing (select).

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    ORC – Onion Routed Cloud▲96

    2017 · orc.network · its alternatives →

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    Caddy, a cross-platform HTTP/2 web server▲208

    Caddy is a powerful, enterprise-ready, open source web server with automatic HTTPS written in Go

    2015 · caddyserver.com · its alternatives →

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    KittenDNS – Easy to setup, rule engine, LetsEncrypt compatible▲107

    My goal was to create a DNS server as simple as the LDAP server I've been contributing to (glauth) and here it is: https://github.com/fusion/kittendns A few things to know about it: - It is easy to configure using a Toml file - I am using it to bail my coredns/etcd instances when under attack - (yes, it also works as a service location server) - It comes with a simple, plain English, rule engine that doesn't do much at this point - It can be used with LetsEncrypt. I use it to retrieve certificates for my home servers. - RFC: all the nice ones :) Anyway, feedback is…

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Backname.io – every IP address gets its own domain▲46

    I was setting up tests involving DNS resolution recently, where something like 127.0.0.1.service.foo would have been tremendously useful. Back in the day, I'd have used xip.io - but sadly that service died. Well, every excuse is a good one when it comes to writing a DNS server! Backname.io joins nip.io and sslip.io in the wildcard DNS game.

    2023 · backname.io · its alternatives →

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    Localdots – HTTPS domains for localhost with autoconfig and hot reload▲75

    HTTPS domains for localhost. 🏠. Contribute to lufzle/localdots development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Ethereum▲168

    "what JS did for the web, this will do for the block chain"

    2014 · ethereum.org · its alternatives →

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    Welder – set up your Linux server with plain shell scripts▲158

    👨‍🏭Set up your Linux server with plain shell scripts - pch/welder

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Gatekeeper, a hobbyist DHCP server written Go▲7

    2022 · gitlab.com · its alternatives →

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    The SC4-HSM, a fully open USB hardware secure module▲137

    2016 · sc4.us · its alternatives →

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    Hashbase▲71

    Hosting for the peer-to-peer Web.

    2018 · hashbase.io · its alternatives →

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    Simple Linux Backups▲30

    Experience the benefits of high-performance, secure, and budget-friendly VPS hosting with SSD Nodes. Get started today!

    2014 · jarvys.io · its alternatives →

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    File distribution over DNS: (ab)using DNS as a CDN▲72

    2023 · eighty-twenty.org · its alternatives →

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    IPFS▲84

    Peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol for Blockchain powered web

    2015 · about.ipfs.io · its alternatives →

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    Local development with .local domains and HTTPSfree tier, from $8/mo▲84

    Hi HN! I'm Jarek, and I've built this tool that allows publishing .local domains on the local network using mDNS. It also has a reverse proxy that handles HTTPS termination and port forwarding. I'm working on adding more features, like an index page with all available domains or allowing proxy redirects, so you could redirect from HTTP to HTTPS. Let me know if you have any questions or feedback!

    2023 · localcan.com · its alternatives →

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    Recursive DNS Server Fingerprint▲120

    2017 · recdnsfp.github.io · its alternatives →

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