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Technitium DNS Servervsworklenz

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

Technitium DNS Serverworklenz
Score77/10063/100
Rank in category#3 of 41 in DNS#12 of 45 in Project Management
GitHub stars10 2513 285
Stars, last 30 days+263+103
Stable releases, 12 months118
Latest releasev15.6.2 · 17 Oct 2026v3.3.1 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageCTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Technitium DNS Server scores 77/100 against 63/100 for worklenz, so it is the safer default.

Technitium DNS Server ships more often: 11 stable releases in the past year, against 8 for worklenz.

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

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

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