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Acrylic DNS Proxy vs Blocky: catalog facts
Acrylic DNS Proxy	Blocky
Free Free and released as open source.	Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…
Windows	Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Command line
Hosts file with wildcard and regular expression support Caching speeds up repeated name lookups	One small binary with no database, ideal for containers and small boards Per-client and per-group blocking rules, with encrypted upstream resolvers
Windows only Configured through text files rather than a graphical interface	Configuration is YAML only; there is no built-in administration interface
Downloadable app	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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