Compare Dnsmasq alternatives
Compare top-ranked Dnsmasq alternatives by score, license, and supported platforms.
| Alternative | Score | License | Platforms |
|---|
| Pi-hole | 97% 155 votes | Free, Open Source | Linux |
| TinyProxy | 94% 125 votes | Free, Open Source | Linux |
| DNSAgent | 96% 105 votes | Free, Open Source | Windows |
| Technitium DNS Server | 94% 100 votes | Free, Open Source | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| Acrylic DNS Proxy | 91% 32 votes | Free, Open Source | Windows |
| BIND | 58% 26 votes | Free, Open Source | Mac, Linux |
| Dns2socks | 50% 11 votes | Free, Open Source | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| Dhcpcd | 50% 8 votes | Free, Open Source | Linux |
| Pdnsd | 88% 8 votes | Free, Open Source | Linux |
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Score: 97%
FreeOpen SourceLinux
More For all devices, without the need to install client-side software to block the ads. This driver also advertising block hole, so that all devices are protected. Features:Free,Open,Source,Linux,Self-Hosted,CentOS,Fedora,Ubuntu
Alternatives 4
Score: 94%
FreeOpen SourceLinux
More POSIX operating systems Tinyproxy is a simple HTTP/HTTPS proxy service. Free software, and supports transparent and reverse proxying. Features:Free,Open,Source,Linux
Alternatives 6
Score: 96%
FreeOpen SourceWindows
More Even with a strong support for wildcard characters and regular expressions in "main" instead. Service or can be operated independently. Features:Free,Open,Source,Windows
Alternatives 8
Score: 94%
FreeOpen SourceWindowsMacLinux
More Technitium DNS server local DNS server for your privacy and security staff, as an open-source tool. Ad-blocking includes Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Windows,Linux
Alternatives 10
Score: 91%
FreeOpen SourceWindows
More Acrylic DNS proxy a local DNS responses from servers that store increases the performance of your computer. Features:Free,Open,Source,Windows
Alternatives 12
Score: 58%
FreeOpen SourceMacLinux
More BIND, the most widely used DNS software on the net. The de-facto standard in Unix-like operating systems. A robust and stable platform. Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Linux,BSD
Alternatives 14
Score: 50%
FreeOpen SourceWindowsMacLinux
More A for DNS requests via a socks tunnel to a DNS server that runs dns2socks is a command line tool. Anonymous DNS for Windows features Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Windows,Linux
Alternatives 16
Dhcpcd
Score: 50%
FreeOpen SourceLinux
More Dhcpcd is the DHCP client specified in rfc2131 application. Full-featured, still very simple, has the goal of a DHCP client. Features:Free,Open,Source,Linux
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Score: 88%
FreeOpen SourceLinux
More Pdnsd is designed to cope with unreachable or the cache contents are written to hard disk on exit DNS-Server DNS-server persistent caching proxy Features:Free,Open,Source,Linux
Alternatives Dnsmasq alternatives FAQ
What is the best Dnsmasq alternative?
Pi-hole is currently the top-ranked option on this list based on community votes and item score.
Are there free Dnsmasq alternatives?
Yes. Free, freemium, or open-source options in this list include Pi-hole, TinyProxy, DNSAgent, Technitium DNS Server, Acrylic DNS Proxy.
Which platforms are covered?
The alternatives in this list include options for Linux, Windows, Mac, depending on each product.
How are alternatives ranked?
Alternatives are ordered by community voting signals, item score, and the available product details collected for each option.
