Technitium DNS Server
★ 10.1kGNU General Public License v3.0Open Source — No PaywallSingle Container — single container — minimal hosting footprintDocker · Compose · Binary +1No external DB13+ active committers (12mo)
About
Technitium DNS Server is an open source DNS platform for people and organizations that want to self-host their own name resolution infrastructure. It combines authoritative and recursive DNS roles in...
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Features
- authoritative DNS server
- recursive DNS server
- DNS-over-TLS
- DNS-over-HTTPS
- DNS-over-QUIC
- web console
- DNS caching
- blocklists
- DNSSEC validation
- DHCP server
Details
- Last Updated
- Oct 11, 2026
- Created
- Oct 29, 2017
- Install Methods
- dockerdocker-composebinarysource
- Requirements
- .NET 10WindowsLinuxmacOSRaspberry Pi
- Authentication
- oidc-ssoldaplocal2fa
- API
- REST
- Backup & Export
- persistent cache to disk
- Runtime / Stack
- DockerC#
- Privacy & Independence
- Cloud: OptionalOffline Capable
- User Model
- Multi-User
- Deployment
Deployment: Docker Compose ✓Single Container — minimal hosting footprintsingle container
Docker Compose
1 service · 1 unclassified (dns-server)
no resource limits declared
needs persistent storage (2 volumes)
docker-compose.yml · @ 67aaf1f · scanned Sep 23, 2026
services:
dns-server:
container_name: dns-server
hostname: dns-server
image: docker.io/technitium/dns-server:latest
# For DHCP deployments, use "host" network mode and remove all the port mappings, including the ports array by commenting them
# network_mode: "host"
ports:
- "5380:5380/tcp" #DNS web console (HTTP)
# - "53443:53443/tcp" #DNS web console (HTTPS)
- "53:53/udp" #DNS service
- "53:53/tcp" #DNS service
# - "853:853/udp" #DNS-over-QUIC service
# - "853:853/tcp" #DNS-over-TLS service
# - "443:443/udp" #DNS-over-HTTPS service (HTTP/3)
# - "443:443/tcp" #DNS-over-HTTPS service (HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2)
# - "80:80/tcp" #DNS-over-HTTP service (use with reverse proxy or certbot certificate renewal)
# - "8053:8053/tcp" #DNS-over-HTTP service (use with reverse proxy)
# - "67:67/udp" #DHCP service
environment:
# ...
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