DNS4EU
Shares rank 8 of 9 DNS resolvers by recommenders
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.
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.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 5
- approval share
- 50%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1 recommender for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Adblocking and malware protection endpoints
“has no quota, and offers various endpoints for malware protection, adblocking”
Comment from 8 Dec 2025 in “How I block all online ads” “has adblocking, and you can deploy it right now”
Comment from 16 Oct 2026 in “What I self-host” Quick to deploy
“It’s free, it’s transparent, you can read the profile… And it takes two minutes.”
Comment from 12 Mar 2026 in “ATMs didn't kill bank Teller jobs, but the iPhone did” “has adblocking, and you can deploy it right now”
Comment from 16 Oct 2026 in “What I self-host”
Other DNS resolvers people recommend
The four most recommended other DNS resolvers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quad9 DNS | 58 | 38 | 60% | 10 | — | — |
| Cloudflare DNS | 52 | 55 | 49% | 11 | — | — |
| Unbound DNS resolver | 45 | 4 | 92% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Mullvad DNS | 21 | 5 | 81% | 5 | — | Approved |
| DNS4EUThis page | 5 | 5 | 50% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
10 of the 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“has adblocking, and you can deploy it right now”
“what a joke this resolver has become”
“they claimed it was part of some automated malware-protection system”
“So the 'privacy first' resolver doesn't follow only laws, but the whims of any 'government authority'.”
“It’s free, it’s transparent, you can read the profile… And it takes two minutes.”
“Try using the DNS4EU resolver”
“block all of it on a system level beneath Safari”
“The opposite of what a resolver should do.”
“I can't see any configuration options at all.”
“has no quota, and offers various endpoints for malware protection, adblocking”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.