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24 alternatives to DNS toys

Daily use tools and utilities over the DNS protocol

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. DNS toys launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Dns.toys▲19

   Free and useful services over DNS accessible on command line

   2022 · dns.toys · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Golang DNS server, including DNSSEC and DNS-over-TLS▲283

   Recursive and authoritative DNS server in go, including DNSSEC and DNS-over-TLS - tenta-browser/tenta-dns

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Doggo – A powerful, human-friendly DNS client for the command line▲400

   The Friendly DNS Client

   2024 · doggo.mrkaran.dev · its alternatives →

4. 4
   "q", a DNS query tool with support for UDP, TCP, DoT, DoH, DoQ and ODoH▲140

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

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Wordle over DNS▲170

   2022 · dgl.cx · its alternatives →

6. 6ZI
   zzzz.io, a free DynDNS replacement I created on the weekend▲156

   2014 · zzzz.io · its alternatives →

7. 7WD
   Which DNS servers are you pointing to?▲283

   2020 · which.nameserve.rs · its alternatives →

8. 8
   File distribution over DNS: (ab)using DNS as a CDN▲72

   2023 · eighty-twenty.org · its alternatives →

9. 9
   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 →

10. 10PD
    Privacy DNS – free, encrypted, no-logs, DoH, DoT, DoQ, DNSProxy▲14

    2024 · privacy-dns.pw · its alternatives →

11. 11UD
    Use DNS TXT to share information▲143

    dig +short TXT youpay.govorenefekt.com @1.1.1.1 | fold -s You can base64 encode an image, split to TXT records and send over Internet. Useful in certain circumstances. Like when one of the communicating parties is under severe censorship.

    2023 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    I built a guided Build your own DNS Server challenge▲57

    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 →

13. 13GB
    GitHub-based DNS Hosting▲37

    2014 · dns-api.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    dingo - a Google DNS-over-HTTPS caching proxy in Go▲75

    A DNS client in Go that supports Google DNS over HTTPS - pforemski/dingo

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    DNS Client▲7

    Domain Name Server Debugger

    2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

16. 16KE
    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 →

17. 17DB
    DNS-based alternative to the web for structured data▲59

    2020 · num.uk · its alternatives →

18. 18
    DNS Diagnosis▲86

    Free AI DNS record diagnostics tool

    2023 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    A site to look up DNS records▲82

    DNS record lookups just as you like 'em

    2017 · dnsrecords.io · its alternatives →

20. 20AS
    A simple-to-update dynamic DNS service▲30

    2014 · dhcp.io · its alternatives →

21. 21DL
    DNS Live on Handshake▲48

    2020 · live.ix · its alternatives →

22. 22
    DNS Robot ▲1

    53 free DNS, network & security tools — no signup needed

    Feb 2026 · dnsrobot.net · its alternatives →

23. 23ED
    Essential Dynamic DNS▲17

    2014 · slimdns.com · its alternatives →

24. 24DD
    Dnsyo – DNS propagation checker▲56

    2013 · samarudge.github.io · its alternatives →

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