Simple DNSCrypt Alternatives

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   DNSCrypt Protocol

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   DNSCrypt is a protocol that authenticates communications between a DNS client and a DNS resolver. It prevents DNS spoofing. It uses cryptographic signatures to verify that responses originate from the chosen DNS resolver and haven't been tampered with.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • DNS Resolver

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Docker

   

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   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.

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   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Proprietary

   Origin

   • Russia

   Platforms

   • Windows

   • Russia

   

   

   

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   DNSCrypt Proxy

    16 likes

   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

   Application typeApplication types

   • DNS Resolver
   • Ad Blocker

   Platforms

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

   

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5. 

   

   DNSveil

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   A Secure DNS Client. Using: Msmh Agnostic Server, DNSLookup and GoodbyeDPI. (Windows only)

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Origin

   • Iran

   Platforms

   • Windows

   • Iran

   

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   DNSCrypt-GUI

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   DNSCrypt-GUI - GUI for managing the dnscrypt-proxy server.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Platforms

   • Linux

   

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   Positive comment by nunyahbitniz · Feb 21, 2026

   The GUI makes everything so much faster and easier to configure!!!

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   • DNSCrypt-GUI is Free and Open SourceSimple DNSCrypt is also Free and Open Source
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   DNS Proxy

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   Simple DNS proxy with DoH, DoT, and DNSCrypt support.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

   Application type

   • DNS Resolver

   Origin

   • Cyprus
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Mac
   • BSD
   • Docker

   

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   Encrypted DNS Server

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   An easy to install, high-performance, zero maintenance proxy to run an encrypted DNS server.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Self-Hosted

   

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    SecureDNS

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    SecureDNS Project aims to implements all secure DNS Protocols regardless of being standardized or widely adopted; while maintaining backward compatibility with unsecure DNS-Over-UDP Protocol via Reverse Proxy.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Origin

    • United Arab Emirates

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux

    • United Arab Emirates

    

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