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home-screensvsTechnitium DNS Server

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

home-screensTechnitium DNS Server
Score50/10077/100
Rank in category#63 of 104 in Home Automation#3 of 41 in DNS
GitHub stars9310 249
Stars, last 30 days+24+261
Stable releases, 12 months911
Latest releasev1.14.0 · 25 Oct 2026v15.6.2 · 17 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptC

Which one should you pick?

Technitium DNS Server scores 77/100 against 50/100 for home-screens, so it is the safer default.

Technitium DNS Server ships more often: 11 stable releases in the past year, against 9 for home-screens.

If you want the quickest setup, Technitium DNS Server is easier to run; home-screens needs more configuration.

Technitium DNS Server is growing faster right now (+261 stars in 30 days).

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