Technitium DNS Server
Ranked 5 of 6 DNS servers by recommenders
People recommend it as a fast local blocker and recursive DNS server for homelabs and production. Critics point to a small user base, a bus factor of one, and no previous auditing.
People recommend it as a fast local blocker and recursive DNS server for homelabs and production. Critics point to a small user base, a bus factor of one, and no previous auditing.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 78%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not 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: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 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 for homelab and production
“I love Technitium DNS and have run it for several years now.”
Comment from 27 Nov 2025 in “DNS Firewalling with MISP and Technitium DNS Server” “handles all my homelab needs and it is faster as well”
Comment from 25 Mar 2026 in “You Can Run a DNS Server” “And yet here I am deploying it in production”
Comment from 27 Nov 2025 in “DNS Firewalling with MISP and Technitium DNS Server” Fast local blocking and recursive DNS
“really good as a performant local blocker and recursive dns server”
Comment from 5 Sep 2026 in “Shutting down our public encrypted DNS” “handles all my homelab needs and it is faster as well”
Comment from 25 Mar 2026 in “You Can Run a DNS Server”
Other DNS servers people recommend
The four most recommended other DNS servers, 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.
See all 6 DNS servers, rankedWhat people said
8 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Run a forwarding server and then tunnel all of your home (DNS) traffic to it, securely.”
“really good as a performant local blocker and recursive dns server”
“handles all my homelab needs and it is faster as well”
“I am fan of Technitium, because I like to build and I built two plugins for it to fit my use case.”
“Technitium seems like another one of those: "My weekend hobby project was to reinvent fire, and the wheel"”
“I love Technitium DNS and have run it for several years now.”
“And yet here I am deploying it in production”
“Technitium has a bus factor of one, a very small user base and no previous auditing.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.