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24 alternatives to DNS Perf Test

Command line tool to test speeds of DNS resolves by location

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. DNS Perf Test launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    The Internet’s fastest, privacy-first DNS resolver

    2018 · one.one.one.one · 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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    Test your download speed using SpeedTest on the command-line

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    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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    DNSPerf▲91

    Free DNS performance analytics

    2018 · dnsperf.com · its alternatives →

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    Faster, more private internet by Cloudflare, now on mobile

    2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    A tiny command line DNS client with support for UDP, TCP, DoT, DoH, DoQ and ODoH. - natesales/q

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    2017 · recdnsfp.github.io · its alternatives →

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    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 →

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    A high-performance DNS stub resolver for bulk lookups and reconnaissance (subdomain enumeration) - blechschmidt/massdns

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    An experimental high-performance DNS query bruteforce tool built with AF_XDP for extremely fast and accurate bulk DNS lookups. - c3l3si4n/pugdns

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Free AI DNS record diagnostics tool

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    PerfOps▲93

    Smart global traffic, load-balancing and analytics

    2019 · perfops.net · its alternatives →

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    2013 · samarudge.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Monitor DNS queries by host processes using eBPF! Contribute to furkanonder/DnsTrace development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi, you can examine your internet connection quality and status in terminal using this small tool I created last year See a preview on asciinema: https://asciinema.org/a/514331 I hope you find it useful. Thanks :)

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Test your internet connection speed and ping using speedtest.net from the CLI - sindresorhus/speed-test

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A global server network in your command line

    2018 · perfops.net · its alternatives →

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    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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    Identifying the DNS server used to fulfill an HTTP request

    2013 · 5f5.org · its alternatives →

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    A global DNS propagation checker that gives pretty output. Written in dotnet core - unfrl/dug

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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