PowerDNS
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
0warn against
Dec 3, 2025first mention
Jul 2, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“We've made recent contributions to various projects we use including PowerDNS because they don't make it too difficult to contribute.”
GrapheneOS developeron “A new Android malware from Google”
“It's super stable and i can also use it on my mobile or legacy devices”
switched from BINDon “Choosing a Public DNS Resolver”
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“This is convenient because you don't have to synchronize zone files on multiple hosts.”
runs own domain controllerson “Native FreeBSD Kerberos/LDAP with FreeIPA/IDM”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Native FreeBSD Kerberos/LDAP with FreeIPA/IDM 2 mentions
- A new Android malware from Google 1 mention
- Choosing a Public DNS Resolver 1 mention
- Kea DHCP: Modern, open source DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 server 1 mention
Data: powerdns.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 5
“We've made recent contributions to various projects we use including PowerDNS because they don't make it too difficult to contribute.”
“It's super stable and i can also use it on my mobile or legacy devices”
“This is convenient because you don't have to synchronize zone files on multiple hosts.”
“opted for a stack of OpenLDAP / MIT Kerberos / PowerDNS on my "domain controllers."”
“I used Kea and Power DNS using Systemd Containers to provide service for my whole home.”