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Acrylic DNS Proxy vs DNSveil: catalog facts
Acrylic DNS Proxy	DNSveil
Free Free and released as open source.	Free Free to download from its GitHub repository.
Windows	Windows
Hosts file with wildcard and regular expression support Caching speeds up repeated name lookups	Encrypted DNS from a Windows desktop application Custom filtering rules
Windows only Configured through text files rather than a graphical interface	Windows only Renamed from SecureDNSClient, so older guides use the previous name
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License not stated	License not stated
No account needed	No account 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 October 2, 2026

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