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Self-hosted / open sourceDNS Privacy & FilteringHeadquarters: CY

dnsproxy: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

dnsproxy is an open-source DNS proxy written in Go and maintained by AdGuard. It accepts ordinary DNS queries and forwards them to upstream resolvers over DNS-over-HTTPS, DNS-over-TLS, DNS-over-QUIC or DNSCrypt. It can also run as an encrypted DNS server itself. It is a command-line program that individuals and organisations run on their own machines or servers, and its source code and binaries are published in the GitHub repository. It can replace proprietary resolver clients when the operator wants to choose the upstream resolvers.

AdGuard Software Limited, which runs AdGuard's products, is registered in Limassol, Cyprus, an EU member state. Because the code is published under the Apache 2.0 licence, a European organisation can audit, build and operate it without depending on a service provider. dnsproxy itself has no vendor-operated cloud, so the data path depends on the upstream resolvers that the operator configures. AdGuard's hosted DNS service is a separate offering and is not described here.

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Sovereignty score
94 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    EU-only hosting
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-390
    Self-hostable: encryption keys under your own control
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-680
    Open source: low switching costs
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-6100
    Source code auditable, forkable and self-hostable

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 12, 2026
Headquarters
CY (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Open-source, distributedVerified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
Category
DNS Privacy & Filtering
Type
Product
Website
github.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to dnsproxy

The European alternatives to dnsproxy come from our knowledge base of over 8,000 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with dnsproxy

dnsproxy is headquartered in CY and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so dnsproxy scores best on data residency.

dnsproxy is open source. You can audit the source code, self-host the software and keep the encryption keys under your own control. Switching is easier because data and software are not tied to a single party.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs dnsproxy together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to dnsproxy?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to dnsproxy include AdGuard DNS, AdGuard Home and Blocky. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to dnsproxy?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to dnsproxy include AdGuard Home and Blocky. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is dnsproxy GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

dnsproxy is headquartered in CY (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes dnsproxy an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

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Sources

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Compliance evidence

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