CoreDNS Alternatives

CoreDNS is described as 'DNS server. It is written in Go. It can be used in a multitude of environments because of its flexibility. CoreDNS is licensed under the Apache License Version 2, and completely open source' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to CoreDNS for Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Self-Hosted. The best CoreDNS alternative is Unbound, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like CoreDNS are dnsmasq, PowerDNS, Technitium DNS Server and BIND.

More about CoreDNS
Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
CoreDNS alternatives page was last updated

Alternatives list

  1. Unbound icon

    Unbound

     15 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Unbound is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.

    The C implementation of Unbound is developed and maintained by NLnet Labs. It is based on ideas and algorithms taken from a java prototype developed by Verisign labs, Nominet, Kirei and ep.net.

    Unbound is designed as.

    10 Unbound alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     

    • Unbound is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to CoreDNS.

    • Unbound is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to CoreDNS.

    • Unbound is Free and Open SourceCoreDNS is also Free and Open Source
  2. dnsmasq icon

    dnsmasq

     13 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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
    dnsmasq screenshot 1
     
  4. PowerDNS icon

    PowerDNS

     5 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    PowerDNS is a DNS Server that runs on most Unix derivatives. PowerDNS features a large number of different backends ranging from simple BIND style zonefiles to relational databases and load balancing/failover algorithms. A DNS recursor is also included as a separate program.

    12 PowerDNS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Technitium DNS Server icon

    Technitium DNS Server

     8 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Technitium DNS Server is an open source tool that can be used as a personal local DNS server for privacy & security. It includes Ad blocking feature combined with DNS-over-TLS and DNS-over-HTTPS support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Technitium DNS Server screenshot 1
     
  6. BIND icon

    BIND

     11 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    BIND is by far the most widely used DNS software on the Internet. On Unix-like operating systems it is the de facto standard. It provides a robust and stable platform on top of which organizations can build distributed computing systems with the knowledge that those systems are...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     

  7. djbdns

     4 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    The djbdns software package is a collection of Domain Name System tools created by Daniel J. Bernstein. It includes software for all the fundamental DNS operations and several DNS debugging tools which administrators use to diagnose misconfigured remote servers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  9. Knot DNS icon

    Knot DNS

     3 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Knot DNS is a high-performance authoritative-only DNS server which supports all key features of the domain name system including zone transfers, dynamic updates and DNSSEC.

    7 Knot DNS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     

  10. MaraDNS

     1 like
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    MaraDNS implements the Domain Name System (DNS), an essential internet service. MaraDNS is open source software: This means that anyone is free to download, use, and modify the program free of charge, as per its license.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    MaraDNS screenshot 1
     

    • MaraDNS is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to CoreDNS.

    • MaraDNS is Free and Open SourceCoreDNS is also Free and Open Source
  11. Simple DNS Plus icon

    Simple DNS Plus

     1 like
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Simple DNS Plus is a commercial DNS server product that runs under Microsoft Windows with an emphasis on a simple-to-use GUI. Maintenance of the software appears to have slackened in recent years.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     

    • Simple DNS Plus is the most popular commercial alternative to CoreDNS.

    • Simple DNS Plus is Paid and ProprietaryCoreDNS is Free and Open Source

  12. NSD

     1 like
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    NSD is an authoritative only, high performance, simple and open source name server.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
10 of 10 CoreDNS alternatives