Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Dns Glass

A configuration tool for DNS records

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Dns Glass launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1AS
   A site to look up DNS records▲82

   2017 · dnsrecords.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   NsLookup▲72

   A simple and powerful tool for querying DNS records

   2020 · its alternatives →

3. 3WD
   Which DNS servers are you pointing to?▲283

   2020 · which.nameserve.rs · its alternatives →

4. 4DA
   DN$ – an innovative, ad-supported DNS resolver▲294

   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 →

5. 5QA
   "q", a DNS query tool with support for UDP, TCP, DoT, DoH, DoQ and ODoH▲140

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6GB
   GitHub-based DNS Hosting▲37

   2014 · dns-api.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   DNS Diagnosis▲86

   Free AI DNS record diagnostics tool

   2023 · its alternatives →

8. 8DD
   Dnsyo – DNS propagation checker▲56

   2013 · samarudge.github.io · its alternatives →

9. 9RD
   Recursive DNS Server Fingerprint▲120

   2017 · recdnsfp.github.io · its alternatives →

10. 10
    DNSRecords.oi▲9

    DNS record lookups just as you like 'em

    2017 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    DNS Digger▲13

    Blazing fast DNS lookup, WHOIS & record check in one tool

    2025 · dnsdigger.xyz · its alternatives →

12. 124D
    4B+ DNS Records Dataset▲90

    Hi HN, I've been working on building a pipeline to create a DNS records database lately. The goal is to enable research as well as competitive landscape analysis on the internet. The dataset for now spans around 4 billion records and covers all the common DNS record types: A AAAA ANAME CAA CNAME HINFO HTTPS MX NAPTR NS PTR SOA SRV SSHFP SVCB TLSA TXT Each line in the CSV file represents a single DNS record in the following format: www.example.com,A,93.184.215.14 Let me know if you have any questions or feedback!

    2024 · merklemap.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    URL Meta▲108

    API to get URL meta info, screenshots and domain DNS records

    2023 · its alternatives →

14. 14CD
    Configure domain redirects and URL forwarding with a simple DNS record▲25

    2014 · redirect.name · its alternatives →

15. 15AS
    A simple-to-update dynamic DNS service▲30

    2014 · dhcp.io · its alternatives →

16. 16DA
    Dnsbeat – An Elasticsearch Beat to Monitor DNS Zones▲8

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17DM
    DnsTrace - Monitor DNS Queries by host processes using BPF▲23

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    DNS Finder▲17

    DNS lookup & propagation checker

    2025 · dnsfinder.org · its alternatives →

19. 19DR
    DNS Rebind Toolkit▲5

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20DB
    DNS Benchmark Tool – Compare and monitor resolvers▲59

    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
    DNS Spy▲11

    Monitor, validate and verify your DNS configurations.

    2017 · its alternatives →

22. 22BA
    Bob – A GUI for DNS Record Management and Name Auctions on Handshake▲66

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23FD
    File distribution over DNS: (ab)using DNS as a CDN▲72

    2023 · eighty-twenty.org · its alternatives →

24. 24
    DNS Client▲7

    Domain Name Server Debugger

    2020 · its alternatives →

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