Numa DNS resolver
Hacker ApprovedShares rank 6 of 9 DNS resolvers by recommenders
Free local DNS resolver that people run as their system DNS for privacy, ad filtering and split DNS with Tailscale, with encrypted ODoH upstream support.
Free local DNS resolver that people run as their system DNS for privacy, ad filtering and split DNS with Tailscale, with encrypted ODoH upstream support.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, 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
Used daily as system DNS
“actually that is exactly how i am currently running it - dogfooding from my Mac”
Comment from 14 May 2026 in “Show HN: Running the second public ODoH relay” “It's now my daily system DNS.”
Comment from 2 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: I built a DNS resolver from scratch in Rust – no DNS libraries” Encrypted ODoH upstream for privacy
“When configured on doh or odoh upstream it would protect you from attacks such as this one”
Comment from 17 Aug 2026 in “Hackers hijack hotel Wi-Fi DNS to steal Microsoft 365 accounts” “I'm using numa for ad filtering and odoh mode for privacy”
Comment from 4 Sep 2026 in “Shutting down our public encrypted DNS”
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 |
| Numa DNS resolverThis page | 10 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | Approved |
What people said
14 of the 16 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“It simplified my life a lot.”
“I'm using numa for ad filtering and odoh mode for privacy”
“When configured on doh or odoh upstream it would protect you from attacks such as this one”
“were good and noticeably more affordable than their neighbors”
“actually that is exactly how i am currently running it - dogfooding from my Mac”
“The single 8MB binary angle is underrated.”
“Split DNS already works — Numa auto-detects Tailscale forwarding rules from the system config”
“Very cool project by the way.”
“Very interesting project!”
“But it needs a trailing '/' .”
“I hit a DNS resolution fail error.”
“the auto-TLS for local dev is the killer feature imo”
“The dashboard at localhost:5380 shows what's happening in real time.”
“It's now my daily system DNS.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.