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Technitium DNS ServervsTrac

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

Technitium DNS ServerTrac
Score77/10065/100
Rank in category#3 of 41 in DNS#1 of 7 in Issue Tracking
GitHub stars10 251—
Stars, last 30 days+263—
Stable releases, 12 months110
Latest releasev15.6.2 · 17 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseGPL-3.0BSD-3-Clause
Main languageC—

Which one should you pick?

Technitium DNS Server scores 77/100 against 65/100 for Trac, so it is the safer default.

Technitium DNS Server ships more often: 11 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Trac.

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

Technitium DNS Server is growing faster right now (+263 stars in 30 days).

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