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personalDNSfilter

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personalDNSfilter is a DNS filter proxy written in Java. It hooks into the domain name (DNS) resolution and returns the loopback address for filtered hosts.

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

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Country of Origin

  • DE flagGermany
  • European Union flagEU

Platforms

  • Android  Android 4.2 or newer
5 / 5 Avg rating (8)
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Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  No Root Required
  2.  Block Trackers
  3.  Built-in Ad-blocker
  4.  Custom DNS
  5.  DNS Proxy
  6.  Switch DNS servers
  7.  DNS filtering

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personalDNSfilter information

  • Developed by

    DE flagZENZ Solutions
  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-2.0) and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 5
  • Alternatives

    12 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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GitHub repository

  •  746 Stars
  •  65 Forks
  •  59 Open Issues
  •   Updated Jun 8, 2025 
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Our users have written 7 comments and reviews about personalDNSfilter, and it has gotten 20 likes

personalDNSfilter was added to AlternativeTo by pandalovfree on Mar 4, 2019 and this page was last updated Apr 6, 2021.

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Top Positive Comment
Sveni
Mar 20, 2019
3

It works with any upstream DNS server. 176 KiB, nonroot, non battery train.

arsCynic ??
Jul 29, 2023
1

No ads, what a beautiful world.

Toadtoad
Jun 14, 2020
2

the ui is a bit clunky, but it works really well; just put in a filterlist (like energized protection), and enable the vpn, and it just works. essentially no impact on battery (

sabatorara
Apr 11, 2019
2

This is a great alternative to Blokada and DNS66 for older devices (Android 4.2). It uses ad server filter lists to blocks advertisement in browsers and applications. Additional hosts can also be configured.

_Dark /L
Mar 30, 2019
2

Simple UI, low battery consumption, not lags at anything. DNS (supports DoH & DoT), hosts (bests: https://energized.pro/ and https://github.com/jerryn70/GoodbyeAds) to block whatever you want. Approved.

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Made
Mar 30, 2019
1

Klein und unscheinbar verrichtet die App ohne ROOT ihre Aufgabe. Danke.

Guest
Mar 20, 2019
2

personalDNSfilter can change DNS.(which proven to increased security and speed) to both ipv4 and ipv6 with encryption. as well as block ads, trackers, malware, pup,etc from the system as whole.( from subscribed hosts lists).It is

  1. Lightweight
  2. Least battery
  3. all the options to satisfy a power user. had tried similar apps, and now settled with pDNS filter.

What is personalDNSfilter?

personalDNSfilter is a DNS filter proxy written in Java. It hooks into the domain name (DNS) resolution and returns the loopback address for filtered hosts.

It can be used for filtering ads and other unwished hosts based on a host list – thus it is a good AdBlock alternative. On Android 4.2 and newer it can be used as effective ad, malware and tracking server filter without root access!

It works with any upstream DNS server - filtering is completely local - no phoning home or such things! You can run it locally on your device or centrally as DNS server in your network.