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Stubby vs dnscrypt-proxy: catalog facts
Stubby	dnscrypt-proxy
Free Free and open source under the BSD licence.	Free Free and open source under the ISC licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Encrypts the last mile of DNS for the whole machine, not just one browser Strict profile refuses to fall back to unencrypted DNS	DNS-over-HTTPS, DNSCrypt, Anonymized DNS and Oblivious DoH in one proxy Hides your address through Tor, SOCKS proxies or relays
Configuration is a YAML file with no interface Only protects the path to the resolver; the resolver still sees your queries	Configured by editing a TOML file; there is no interface Running it on one machine protects only that machine
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause	License: ISC
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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