Acrylic DNS Proxy Alternatives

Acrylic DNS Proxy is described as 'Acrylic is a local DNS proxy for Windows which improves the performance of your computer by caching the responses coming from your DNS servers and helps you fight unwanted ads through a custom HOSTS file' and is an app in the network & admin category. There are eight alternatives to Acrylic DNS Proxy for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Self-Hosted apps. The best Acrylic DNS Proxy alternative is YogaDNS, which is free. Other great apps like Acrylic DNS Proxy are DNSCrypt Proxy, TinyProxy, dnsmasq and Apache Traffic Server.

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  1. YogaDNS icon

    YogaDNS

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    YogaDNS automatically intercepts DNS requests at the system level and allows you to process them over user-defined DNS servers using modern protocols and flexible rules.

    12 YogaDNS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • YogaDNS is the most popular Windows alternative to Acrylic DNS Proxy.

    • YogaDNS is the most popular free alternative to Acrylic DNS Proxy.

    • YogaDNS is Freemium and ProprietaryAcrylic DNS Proxy is Free and Open Source
    • YogaDNS is Lightweight and Privacy focusedAcrylic DNS Proxy is not according to our users
  2. DNSCrypt Proxy icon

    DNSCrypt Proxy

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    DNSCrypt-Proxy 2 is a command-line proxy for Linux, BSD, Windows, MacOS, Android and more. It bridges applications expecting regular DNS with servers supporting encrypted DNS (DNSCrypt and DoH). DNSCrypt-Proxy can also display the DNS activity, cache results to improve speed...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
     

    • DNSCrypt Proxy is the most popular Android, Mac & Linux alternative to Acrylic DNS Proxy.

    • DNSCrypt Proxy is the most popular Open Source alternative to Acrylic DNS Proxy.

    • DNSCrypt Proxy is Free and Open SourceAcrylic DNS Proxy is also Free and Open Source
  4. TinyProxy icon

    TinyProxy

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    Tinyproxy is a light-weight HTTP/HTTPS proxy daemon for POSIX operating systems. It is free software, and supports transparent and reverse proxying.

    28 TinyProxy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  5. dnsmasq icon

    dnsmasq

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    Dnsmasq is a lightweight, easy to configure DNS forwarder and DHCP server. It is designed to provide DNS and, optionally, DHCP, to a small network. It can serve the names of local machines which are not in the global DNS.

    21 dnsmasq alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  6. Apache Traffic Server icon

    Apache Traffic Server

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    Formerly a commercial product, Yahoo! donated it to the Apache Foundation, and it is now an Apache TLP.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • FreeBSD
     

    • Apache Traffic Server is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Acrylic DNS Proxy.

    • Apache Traffic Server is Free and Open SourceAcrylic DNS Proxy is also Free and Open Source

  7. dns2socks

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    DNS2SOCKS is a command line utility running to forward DNS requests to a DNS server via a SOCKS tunnel.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     

  9. Lusca

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    Lusca is a fork of the Squid -2 development tree. The Lusca project aims to fix the shortcomings in the Squid-2 codebase whilst maintaining the the Squid-2 functionality and stability.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     

  10. gate.js

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    gate - Performance & scalable I/O forward & reverse HTTP proxy based on node.js + V8 a real alternative to Squid & NGINX

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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