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PowerDNS

Open-source · self-hostable · replaces 1 SaaS tool on os-alt

PowerDNS/pdns · alive · ★ 4.36k · last commit 3d ago · 928 open issues

License: GPL-2.0

Good fit for Teams that want a battle-tested, RFC-compliant authoritative DNS with a clean web admin and SQL-backed records.

Weak at Anycast story — bring your own (BGP + multiple POPs) or accept regional latency; Cloudflare's free anycast is impossible to match cheaply.

In a terminal? npx -y github:SolvoHQ/os-alt-cli cloudflare-dns prints the Cloudflare DNS comparison table including PowerDNS. how the CLI works →

Replaces these SaaS

  • Cloudflare DNS · Authoritative DNS hosting

    Install `pdns-server` and `pdns-backend-pgsql` from your distro. Configure `gpgsql-host` and credentials in `/etc/powerdns/pdns.conf`. Add the PowerDNS-Admin web UI (`ngoduykhanh/powerdns-admin` Docker image). Migrate from Cloudflare: export each zone as BIND-format via `cf-terraforming` or by API, then `pdnsutil load-zone example.com example.com.zone`. Update registrar to point at your new NS records.

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