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Technitium DNS Servervstraefik-crowdsec-bouncer

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Technitium DNS Servertraefik-crowdsec-bouncer
Score77/10041/100
Rank in category#3 of 41 in DNS#64 of 78 in Security
GitHub stars10 239332
Stars, last 30 days+258—
Stable releases, 12 months110
Latest releasev15.6.2 · 17 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageCGo

Which one should you pick?

Technitium DNS Server scores 77/100 against 41/100 for traefik-crowdsec-bouncer, so it is the safer default.

Technitium DNS Server ships more often: 11 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for traefik-crowdsec-bouncer.

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

Technitium DNS Server is growing faster right now (+258 stars in 30 days).

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