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24 alternatives to HTTPS-DNS - Rust-based minimal DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) client

HTTPS-DNS is a minimal DNS-over-HTTPS client written in Rust. It enables developers to perform DNS queries securely over HTTPS connections, encrypting DNS traffic from standard protocols. The tool is designed for… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. HTTPS-DNS - Rust-based minimal DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) client launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   I built a DNS resolver from scratch in Rust – no DNS libraries▲115

   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 DNS over HTTPS proxy in 80 lines of Golang▲20

   DNS over HTTPS proxy written in golang. Contribute to satran/dohproxy development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   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 →

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

   2024 · privacy-dns.pw · its alternatives →

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   "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 →

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   IP Guide – Info on IP addresses, Networks, and ASNs▲363

   Hey all, wanted to share my recent weekend hack project. I wanted to improve upon the existing space for looking up information about IP addresses and ASNs. The backend is written in Rust and pulls BGP data every 8 hours from the RIPE RIS project to build up a routing table and also adds geolocation information. The frontend is using React and Tailwind. Would love any feedback or suggestions on what to improve.

   2023 · ip.guide · its alternatives →

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   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 →

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   go-doh-client, a DNS over HTTPS client implementation written in Go▲5

   A DNS over HTTPS client implementation written in Go - babolivier/go-doh-client

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Ht – HTTPie Clone in Rust▲251

   Friendly and fast tool for sending HTTP requests. Contribute to ducaale/xh development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Which DNS servers are you pointing to?▲283

    2020 · which.nameserve.rs · its alternatives →

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    Recursive DNS Server Fingerprint▲120

    2017 · recdnsfp.github.io · its alternatives →

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

    2023 · eighty-twenty.org · its alternatives →

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    Running the second public ODoH relay▲125

    Every privacy-focused DNS service requires an account: NextDNS, Cloudflare for Families, Apple's iCloud Private Relay (paid, iOS-only). The protocol that doesn’t require one - ODoH - had basically one well-known public relay operator (Frank Denis on Fastly Compute, default in dnscrypt-proxy). I built a second one and the client to talk to it.

    May 2026 · numa.rs · its alternatives →

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    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 →

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    I built a simple, open-source tool to manage servers and SSH keys▲133

    Simple way to manage your remote machines and SSH keys - d3witt/viking

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    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 →

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    tunnelto.dev▲186

    Expose localhost to the internet with a public URL

    2020 · tunnelto.dev · its alternatives →

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    I'm rewriting a web server written in Rust for speed and ease of use▲68

    Hello! I got quite some feedback on a web server I'm building, so I'm rewriting the server to be faster and easier to use. I (and maybe some other contributors?) have optimized the web server performance, especially for static file serving and reverse proxying (the last use case I optimized for very recently). I also picked a different configuration format and specification, what I believe is easier to write. Automatic TLS is also enabled by default out of the box, you don't need to even enable it manually, like it was in the original server I was building. Yesterday, I released the first…

    2025 · ferron.sh · its alternatives →

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    Second State VM▲78

    High performance secure & portable Rust functions in Node.js

    2020 · secondstate.io · its alternatives →

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    A simple SSH VPN client▲113

    SSH-based "VPN for poors". Contribute to ivanilves/xiringuito development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    DNS Client▲7

    Domain Name Server Debugger

    2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    SPF Deconstructor in Rust▲26

    This is rust library for deconstructing SPF DNS records. Written ha a project to learn some of the basics of rust.

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    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 →

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    Developed from my Prison cell: A Libcurl TUI HTTP Client in Rust.▲47

    HTTP client/libcurl TUI front end in Rust, with request + key storage - PThorpe92/CuTE

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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