# DNS4EU

5 Hacker News commenters recommended DNS4EU and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free DNS resolver with an adblocking and malware-protection profile for quick setup. Critics question whether it follows only the law, and one says it has no visible configuration options.

## Why people recommend it

- Adblocking and malware protection endpoints (2 comments): "has no quota, and offers various endpoints for malware protection, adblocking" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46190774)) "has adblocking, and you can deploy it right now" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50113788))
- Quick to deploy (2 comments): "It’s free, it’s transparent, you can read the profile… And it takes two minutes." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47355752)) "has adblocking, and you can deploy it right now" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50113788))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Cloudflare DNS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cloudflare-dns.md): 52 recommend
- [Unbound DNS resolver](https://hackerapproved.com/p/unbound.md): 45 recommend
- [Google Public DNS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-public-dns.md): 18 recommend
- [systemd-resolved](https://hackerapproved.com/p/systemd-resolved.md): 10 recommend
- [Numa DNS resolver](https://hackerapproved.com/p/numa-dns-resolver.md): 10 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "DNS4EU", https://hackerapproved.com/p/dns4eu/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).