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SmartDNS vs dnscrypt-proxy: catalog facts
SmartDNS	dnscrypt-proxy
Free Free to use, with source code published on GitHub.	Free Free and open source under the ISC licence.
Linux, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Picks the fastest upstream answer rather than the first reply Supports DoT, DoH, DoQ and DoH3 upstreams	DNS-over-HTTPS, DNSCrypt, Anonymized DNS and Oblivious DoH in one proxy Hides your address through Tor, SOCKS proxies or relays
Main readme is in Chinese, with a separate English version Needs manual configuration with no graphical interface	Configured by editing a TOML file; there is no interface Running it on one machine protects only that machine
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: ISC
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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