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Technitium DNS Server

Technitium DNS Server is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Network Utilities & DNS category, licensed GPL-3.0 and written mainly in C#. It ships a Docker image. It has 10,218 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 24, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).

github.com/TechnitiumSoftware/DnsServer

GitHub stats

GitHub stars
10,218
Forks
814
Open issues
147
Commits, last 12 months
755
Last commit
Oct 24, 2026
Latest release
v15.6.2Oct 17, 2026
Created
Oct 29, 2017
License
GPL-3.0Open source

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Project health

ActiveActive: last commit Oct 24, 2026, 755 commits in 12 months.

Raw inputs behind the health label
Last commitOct 24, 2026
Commits, last 12 months755
Latest releasev15.6.2 (Oct 17, 2026)
Releases, last 12 months10 or more
Releases, all time11
Open issues147
Open pull requests17
Good first issues0
Contributing guideYes
Security policyYes
CreatedOct 29, 2017

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About Technitium DNS Server

Authoritative/recursive DNS server with ad blocking functionality.

Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/TechnitiumSoftware/DnsServer.

Topics

  • dns-server
  • privacy
  • dns-over-https
  • dns-over-tls
  • dns
  • dns-client
  • dns-over-tor
  • dhcp-server
  • technitium-dns-server
  • dotnet

Repository preview

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FAQ

Technitium DNS Server FAQ

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Is Technitium DNS Server free and open source?

Yes. Technitium DNS Server is open-source software released under the GPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.

Can I run Technitium DNS Server with Docker?

Yes. Technitium DNS Server provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.

What are the best alternatives to Technitium DNS Server?

Popular self-hosted alternatives to Technitium DNS Server include Pi-hole, AdGuard Home and MyIP.

Is Technitium DNS Server actively maintained?

The most recent commit to Technitium DNS Server was on Oct 24, 2026 with 755 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v15.6.2, published Oct 17, 2026. It had 147 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.