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DNS Daddy

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DNS Daddy is ranked #4 of 65 in internet filtering software on Inferse. It runs on API, iOS, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan.

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Platform support
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Facts

Product
DNS Daddy is a lightweight, self-hosted protective DNS resolver and DNS-security visibility tool.github.com · 9 Oct 2026
Threat blocking
It blocks known-malicious domains using public threat-intelligence feeds, with malware, phishing, C2 and cryptomining blocking on by default.github.com · 9 Oct 2026
Visibility
It records DNS queries in plain English and shows which device asked, why a query was blocked and which feed supplied the reason.github.com · 9 Oct 2026
Network policies
Per-network policies can match clients by CIDR, including different sites and VLANs.github.com · 9 Oct 2026
Detection
Six experimental behavioural detectors cover DNS tunnelling, beaconing, NXDOMAIN anomalies, DGA-like domains, unusual TXT activity and repeated resolution failures; they alert but do not block.github.com · 9 Oct 2026
Interfaces
The product includes a web dashboard, a documented REST API, Prometheus metrics and versioned SIEM-friendly exports.github.com · 9 Oct 2026
Integrations
Integration guidance includes pfSense, OPNsense, UniFi, FortiGate, Windows Server, Wazuh, Elastic, Splunk and Sentinel.github.com · 9 Oct 2026
Deployment
DNS Daddy is a single Go binary and provides Docker-based and systemd installation paths.github.com · 9 Oct 2026
Privacy
The maker describes DNS Daddy as self-hosted, with no account, no cloud tenant and no requirement to upload query logs.github.com · 9 Oct 2026
Security review
The project says it has not undergone an independent professional security review, penetration test, third-party code audit or certification.github.com · 9 Oct 2026
Technical limits
DNS Daddy forwards queries to upstream resolvers and does not locally validate DNSSEC in its standard configuration; it records the upstream validation verdict.github.com · 9 Oct 2026
Scale limits
The project says it has no clustering or anycast, and one DNS Daddy instance is one server.github.com · 9 Oct 2026
Intended users
The project describes itself as aimed at homelabs and smaller organisations, including small offices.github.com · 9 Oct 2026
Support
The maker describes DNS Daddy as a solo project maintained by one person in spare time and invites contributions, code review, testing and bug reports.github.com · 9 Oct 2026

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