# Knot DNS

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Knot DNS and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A free DNS server that people find easy to configure, with DNSSEC signing that can be turned on with a switch.

## Why people recommend it

- Easy to configure (2 comments): "Knot does make it quite easy. Also, their devs are very responsive to support questions on their mailing list." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47513628)) "you can just add ~8 lines to your config, copy the records to your registrar, and then you're done" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47513530))
- Feature-rich, with DNSSEC support (2 comments): "it is quite feature-rich, including DNSSEC, RFC 2136 support, an easy master-slave setup" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47513881)) "all of them allow for basically hands-free DNSSEC; just flip a switch and you'll have it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47515399))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [dnsmasq](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dnsmasq.md): 32 recommend
- [BIND 9](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bind.md): 17 recommend
- [PowerDNS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/powerdns.md): 15 recommend
- [djbdns](https://hackerapproved.com/p/djbdns.md): 8 recommend
- [Technitium DNS Server](https://hackerapproved.com/p/technitium-dns-server.md): 7 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Knot DNS", https://hackerapproved.com/p/knot-dns/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).