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NextDNS

NextDNS protects you from all kinds of security threats, blocks ads and trackers on websites and in apps and provides a safe and supervised Internet for kids — on all devices and on all networks.

NextDNS is commercial network ad blocking software made by NextDNS.

Made by
NextDNS
Source code
Closed

Website

Judgement

What it is
Complete system
What it does
A hosted DNS resolver that blocks ads, trackers and malicious domains on every device and network, with parental controls and query logs.
Adopt it when
You want network-wide blocking on phones and laptops wherever they go without running a Pi-hole.
Watch out
A small company, the service has gone quiet on development at times, and logs go to a third party unless disabled.
Ready for
Production-ready
Runs as
Cloud service
What the license allows
Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the maker's description and Wikipedia. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

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Under it

Every program, NextDNS included, runs on a microchip.

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

The description is the maker's own, quoted as written.