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DNSveil vs Acrylic DNS Proxy: catalog facts
DNSveil	Acrylic DNS Proxy
Free Free to download from its GitHub repository.	Free Free and released as open source.
Windows	Windows
Encrypted DNS from a Windows desktop application Custom filtering rules	Hosts file with wildcard and regular expression support Caching speeds up repeated name lookups
Windows only Renamed from SecureDNSClient, so older guides use the previous name	Windows only Configured through text files rather than a graphical interface
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open 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 October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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