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dnscrypt-proxy vs Acrylic DNS Proxy: catalog facts
dnscrypt-proxy	Acrylic DNS Proxy
Free Free and open source under the ISC licence.	Free Free and released as open source.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows
DNS-over-HTTPS, DNSCrypt, Anonymized DNS and Oblivious DoH in one proxy Hides your address through Tor, SOCKS proxies or relays	Hosts file with wildcard and regular expression support Caching speeds up repeated name lookups
Configured by editing a TOML file; there is no interface Running it on one machine protects only that machine	Windows only Configured through text files rather than a graphical interface
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: ISC	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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