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24 alternatives to DNS.Live - A Handshake Barometer
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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. DNS.Live - A Handshake Barometer launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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2020 · live.ix · its alternatives →
- 2WD
2020 · which.nameserve.rs · its alternatives →
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- 4DA
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 →
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- 6NI
2019 · nextdns.io · its alternatives →
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2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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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 →
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2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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- 11AU
Howdy HN! I find myself testing my ping from time to time, especially when my internet seems wonky while WFH. It feels like there should be an easier way test my ping than puling up a terminal or a complex web app - especially when I'm on my phone or any other device that doesn't have a terminal. I figured I should be the change I wish to see in the world and created this super light ping test. I also created a latency monitoring solution (https://github.com/cjjeakle/network-monitor), feel free to clone and try it out! I know there are a lot more mature monitoring…
2022 · ping.projects.chrisjeakle.com · its alternatives →
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- 13DM
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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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 →
- 15PD
2024 · privacy-dns.pw · its alternatives →
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Free and Live-monitored Database of 77k+ Public DNS Servers
Jan 2026 · dnsdirectory.com · its alternatives →
- 17DD
2013 · samarudge.github.io · its alternatives →
- 18IT
2013 · 5f5.org · its alternatives →
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- 20GB
2014 · dns-api.com · its alternatives →
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- 24DA
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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