{"slug": "dns4eu", "name": "DNS4EU", "category": "networking", "category_name": "Networking and VPN", "description": "", "recommenders": 5, "commenters": 7, "warners": 0, "score": 4.767, "rising": -0.31, "first": "2025-11-10", "latest": "2026-09-04", "why": "DNS4EU (https://www.joindns4.eu/) is free for personal use, and has no quota", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 5, "neutral": 2, "compare": 1, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 2, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "DNS4EU (https://www.joindns4.eu/) is free for personal use, and has no quota", "kind": "", "icon": false, "domain": "joindns4.eu", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://www.joindns4.eu", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["DNS4EU"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 793110176, "item_id": 49569386, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49569386", "by": "hexfish", "date": "2026-09-04", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "https://joindns4.eu/for-public#resolver-options", "excerpt": "https://joindns4.eu/for-public#resolver-options", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Shutting down our public encrypted DNS"}, {"id": 761831472, "item_id": 47614467, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47614467", "by": "b3lvedere", "date": "2026-04-02", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "i've been using the DNS4EU for a while now", "excerpt": "I used the Quad9 resolvers in the past, but i've been using the DNS4EU for a while now [1] [1] https://joindns4.eu/", "context": "", "use_case": "DNS resolver", "switched_from": "Quad9", "story": "Quad9 Enables DNS over HTTP/3 and DNS over QUIC"}, {"id": 744015984, "item_id": 46500999, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46500999", "by": "Tepix", "date": "2026-01-05", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Try using the DNS4EU resolver", "excerpt": "Try using the DNS4EU resolver, see https://www.joindns4.eu/", "context": "", "use_case": "bypass country-level DNS block", "switched_from": "", "story": "Anna's Archive Loses .Org Domain After Surprise Suspension"}, {"id": 743224656, "item_id": 46451541, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46451541", "by": "rsync", "date": "2025-12-31", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Install the dns4eu configuration profile with adblocking", "excerpt": "Install the dns4eu configuration profile with adblocking: https://github.com/whalebone/DNS4EU-Public/tree/main/iOS/DoH ... and block all of it on a system level beneath Safari.", "context": "", "use_case": "DNS-level ad blocking", "switched_from": "", "story": "Web Browsers have stopped blocking pop-ups"}, {"id": 739052384, "item_id": 46190774, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46190774", "by": "8fingerlouie", "date": "2025-12-08", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "DNS4EU (https://www.joindns4.eu/) is free for personal use, and has no quota", "excerpt": "Can you setup custom filters on the free solution ? If not, DNS4EU (https://www.joindns4.eu/) is free for personal use, and has no quota, and offers various endpoints for malware protection, adblocking, and other stuff.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "How I block all online ads"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["dns resolver", "bypass country-level dns block", "dns-level ad blocking", "public dns servers"], "compared": [{"slug": "quad9", "name": "Quad9", "co": 1, "switched_from": 1, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49568579", "title": "Shutting down our public encrypted DNS", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48710327", "title": "EU-Backed DNS Resolver Collects Pirate Site Blocklist, Which It Doesn't Use", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48702273", "title": "Choosing a Public DNS Resolver", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47610777", "title": "Quad9 Enables DNS over HTTP/3 and DNS over QUIC", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46497164", "title": "Anna's Archive Loses .Org Domain After Surprise Suspension", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46446366", "title": "Web Browsers have stopped blocking pop-ups", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {"neutral": 1}, "2025-12": {"recommend": 2}, "2026-01": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {"compare": 1, "neutral": 1}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-10": {}}, "versions": [], "version_unnamed": 0, "quotes": [{"id": 793110176, "item_id": 49569386, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49569386", "by": "hexfish", "date": "2026-09-04", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "https://joindns4.eu/for-public#resolver-options", "excerpt": "https://joindns4.eu/for-public#resolver-options", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Shutting down our public encrypted DNS"}, {"id": 779588032, "item_id": 48724252, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48724252", "by": "sparkling", "date": "2026-06-29", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "So i would give them the benefit of the doubt on this one.", "excerpt": "DNS4EU have also blocked archive.today in the past. I i remember correctly, they claimed it was part of some automated malware-protection system. So i would give them the benefit of the doubt on this one. In any case, plenty of other free EU DNS services available: https://eualternative.eu/categories/public-dns/", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "EU-Backed DNS Resolver Collects Pirate Site Blocklist, Which It Doesn't Use"}, {"id": 779305425, "item_id": 48706589, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48706589", "by": "JdeBP", "date": "2026-06-28", "version": null, "stance": "compare", "quote": "DNS4EU holds itself subject to GDPR rules on Personal Data", "excerpt": "It isn't really primarily about organization oversight, though. The weird goings on are in practice usually at the behest of the people paying the salaries of all of the people involved (which includes law enforcement, which goes through corporate channels). There's no real independent oversight for that common case. Everyone is on the payroll. 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