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Self-hosted / open sourceDNS Privacy & FilteringHeadquarters: GR

LibreDNS: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

LibreDNS is a public, encrypted DNS service run by LibreOps, a volunteer community that builds on free and open-source software. Its stated goal is to let people keep their DNS traffic private and circumvent censorship. The service supports DNS over HTTPS (DoH) and DNS over TLS (DoT), and it also offers separate endpoints that block a crowdsourced list of advertising and tracking domains. The website provides setup instructions for browsers, Linux, Android and Apple devices.

According to the operator, the service keeps no logs, logging is disabled on the DNS daemon, and a local resolver is used with OpenNIC as its first tier. This is the operator's own statement. The source code of the website and the Ansible scripts for the service are published. LibreOps is funded by donations and publishes its budget on Open Collective. The site names no company or parent organisation, so there is no indication of a foreign owner. The operator does not state where its servers are located.

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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 5, 2026
HeadquartersGR (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty modelOpen-source, distributedVerified by hand
Data hostingEUVerified by hand
Open-sourceYesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
CategoryDNS Privacy & Filtering
TypeProduct
Websitelibredns.gr ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to LibreDNS

The European alternatives to LibreDNS come from our knowledge base of over 6,200 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 LibreDNS

LibreDNS is headquartered in GR 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 LibreDNS scores best on data residency.

LibreDNS 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 LibreDNS 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 LibreDNS?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to LibreDNS 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 LibreDNS?

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

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

LibreDNS is headquartered in GR (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes LibreDNS 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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Compliance evidence

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