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Technitium DNS Servervswho-dat

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

Technitium DNS Serverwho-dat
Score77/10053/100
Rank in category#3 of 41 in DNS#19 of 41 in DNS
GitHub stars10 244323
Stars, last 30 days+263—
Stable releases, 12 months110
Latest releasev15.6.2 · 17 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageCGo

Which one should you pick?

Technitium DNS Server scores 77/100 against 53/100 for who-dat, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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