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Technitium DNS ServervsYolks

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

Technitium DNS ServerYolks
Score77/10048/100
Rank in category#3 of 41 in DNS#25 of 44 in Container Management
GitHub stars10 250195
Stars, last 30 days+262+0
Stable releases, 12 months110
Latest releasev15.6.2 · 17 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageCDockerfile

Which one should you pick?

Technitium DNS Server scores 77/100 against 48/100 for Yolks, so it is the safer default.

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

Technitium DNS Server is growing faster right now (+262 stars in 30 days).

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