SmartDNS
Local DNS server that picks the fastest results
SmartDNS is an open-source local DNS server that queries multiple upstream servers and returns the fastest responding result. It supports ad-blocking and encrypted DNS for self-hosted networks.
Key features
- Fastest-result resolution
- Ad-blocking support
- DoH and DoT upstreams
- Runs on routers
Strengths
- Released under the GPL-3.0 license
- Mature project with 11.2k GitHub stars
- Written in C
- Tiny footprint — runs in 64 MB RAM
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