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24 alternatives to DNS Flixer

File Server Over DNS

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. DNS Flixer launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

  1. 1

    Faster, more private internet by Cloudflare, now on mobile

    2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

  2. 2

    The Internet’s fastest, privacy-first DNS resolver

    2018 · one.one.one.one · its alternatives →

  3. 3GD
  4. 4NI
  5. 5FD
  6. 6DA

    Tired of companies snooping through your DNS traffic? Don't you wish you could get advertisements with your DNS records? Today we're introducing the innovative, privacy-focused, ad-supported DNS resolver - DN$! Traditional DNS resolvers provided by your internet service provider, cloudflare, or google could be tracking your internet activity and selling it to third-party data vendors. We at DN$ want to fix that and cut out these nefarious actors (until we've amassed a critical number of users to exploit). In order to support such a radically new business model, our service needs to serve…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

  7. 7WD
  8. 8SD
  9. 9SD

    Most site blockers work by blacklisting distractions. That never worked for me, the internet is too big, and there’s always something new to waste time on. I wanted the opposite: allowlist‑only browsing. Block everything by default, and explicitly allow only what I need. So I built Sinkzone: a local DNS forwarder with two modes: Monitor mode: lets all traffic through, but logs every domain so you can decide what to allow. Focus mode: only allowlisted domains resolve; everything else is blocked (NXDOMAIN). It’s open source, written in Go, and runs locally on macOS, Linux, and Windows. Works a…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

  10. 10DA
  11. 11

    DNS lookup & propagation checker

    2025 · dnsfinder.org · its alternatives →

  12. 12

    I built a DNS resolver that lets me use https://frontend.numa instead of localhost:5173 — auto-generated TLS certs, WebSocket passthrough, path routing. No mkcert, no nginx, no /etc/hosts.

    Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

  13. 13DA
  14. 14GB
  15. 15AD
  16. 16UC

    I found out Cloudflare has a DNS over HTTPS api via 1.1.1.1 resolver, figured I'd make a small tool out of it, as somene who keeps checking domain names for side projects which I never build, this kinda helps me look for something. It's not fully accurate, because it returns unavailable even for parked pages, which technically are available, but works for me. It just checks for A records via this endpoint https://cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query?name=${domain}&type=A Just make sure to pass this header - "application/dns-json"

    2024 · supersaas.dev · its alternatives →

  17. 17IB

    Hey everyone. It's Sherub here, author of the Build your own DNS Server challenge on CodeCrafters. Currently it’s available in Rust, Go, and Python and is free while in beta. https://codecrafters.io/dns-server I've kept the challenge accessible but still challenging for an intermediate developer. This challenge, like others from CodeCrafters, is self-paced. You can use any tools you prefer (terminal, editor, etc.) to build the project. At the end of the challenge, you will have created a DNS forwarding server. The server can create and read DNS packets and respond to DNS…

    2023 · app.codecrafters.io · its alternatives →

  18. 18GD
  19. 19DD

    2013 · samarudge.github.io · its alternatives →

  20. 20DB

    I built a CLI to benchmark DNS resolvers after discovering DNS was adding 300ms to my API requests. v0.3.0 just released with new features: compare: Test single domain across all resolvers top: Rank resolvers by latency/reliability/balanced monitor: Continuous tracking with threshold alerts 1,400+ downloads in first week. Quick start: pip install dns-benchmark-tool dns-benchmark compare --domain google.com CLI stays free forever. Hosted version (multi-region, historical tracking, alerts) coming Q1 2026. GitHub: https://github.com/frankovo/dns-benchmark-tool…

    Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

  21. 21

    Domain Name Server Debugger

    2020 · its alternatives →

  22. 22

    Get Faster, Private Internet & Unblock All Sites

    2018 · its alternatives →

  23. 23

    Waiting for a DNS change is like watching paint dry

    2020 · its alternatives →

  24. 24AS

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