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

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