Nomina
Single Binary DNS and Nameserver with WebUI for Homelabs
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Hey everyone,I was always tired of setting up PowerDNS, Bind and PiHole and I am trying to do more projects in Rust, so here is Nomina.It has:* Split Horizon DNS (return a different IP/record if remote IP is in a certain network etc)* DynDNS Support* Blocklist Integration* DHCP4+6 Server* AXFR/IXFR support* Rewriting of recordsIt can replace most of the common Home Lab setups incl. PiHole AdBlocking etc.https://github.com/DatanoiseTV/Nomina
HN · launched Jun 28, 2026 · 6 upvotes (top 69%) · 0 views
Niche: networking and tunneling utilities · 190 launches, 10 in the last 7 days ▼ -17% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
No Building a custom DNS, DHCPv4/v6, and nameserver with low-level protocol compliance (AXFR/IXFR, DynDNS) requires deep network systems engineering and systems programming expertise.
What it would actually take: The system is typically built in Rust using low-level socket handling, raw packet parsing (RFC 1035, RFC 2136, RFC 8415 for DHCPv6), and custom asynchronous I/O with Tokio. The primary challenges are implementing rock-solid protocol state machines, edge-case networking behaviors, and low-latency concurrent resolution without memory leaks or race conditions. This requires specialized network systems engineering and expertise in core internet protocols.
Discussion
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Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 200 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #147 of 201 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 223 days after the earliest competitor.
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