MacDNS
Secure Your Mac at the DNS Level
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MacDNS - Native DNS security for macOS. Block ads, malware, and trackers at the DNS level with DNSSEC validation.
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PH · launched Oct 20, 2026 · 2 upvotes (top 23%)
- Security
- Workflow automation
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- Developer Tools
- Menu Bar Apps
- Security
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Partial A macOS UI and blocklist management are vibe-codeable, but a real DNS filter needs a Network Extension DNS proxy with Apple entitlements and signing, plus a correct DNSSEC validation implementation, which is systems-level work.
What it would actually take: Use Swift with a NEDNSProxyProvider or NEDNSSettings-based Network Extension to intercept DNS queries, backed by a blocklist engine (ad, malware, and tracker lists) and an upstream resolver (DoH/DoT). DNSSEC validation requires implementing or correctly integrating a validating resolver with signature chain checks and handling edge cases like failed validation. You need Apple developer entitlements and notarization, plus networking and security expertise to avoid breaking connectivity or leaking queries.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 218 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #36 of 219 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 335 days after the earliest competitor.
- home-dns-adblock · github · 2026-10-05 · 56 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- DNS Auth · ph · 2026-10-27 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- DNS Notify · ph · 2026-09-21 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- LocalDNS · github · 2026-10-15 · 14 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- Domain IP Lookup DNS Tracking · ph · 2026-10-20 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- I built a DNS resolver from scratch in Rust · hn · 2026-04-02 · 115 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- D.NIX. · ph · 2026-09-20 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- dnsdon · ph · 2026-10-28 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.46
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