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Ad-blocking DNS resolver with DNSSEC-validating recursive resolution, DoH/DoT/Oblivious DoH, ephemeral overrides, and local service domains, in a single Rust binary (alternative to Pi-hole, AdGuard Home, NextDNS).

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Still maintained? Yes: 123 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.25.0 (Oct 2026).

Also an alternative to Pi-hole.

Docker #5 of 6 in DNS

At a glance

Numa quick facts

Health score
93/100 GOOD
Stars
1,956
Last commit
yesterday (Oct 2026)
Latest release
v0.25.0, Oct 2026
Licence
MIT
View razvandimescu/numa on GitHub ↗ Website ↗

Top alternatives to Numa

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In its own words

The project's README opens: "A portable DNS resolver in a single binary. Block ads on any network, name your local services (frontend.numa), override any hostname with auto-revert, and seal every outbound query with ODoH (RFC 9230) so no single party sees both who you are and what you asked — all from your laptop, no cloud account or Raspberry Pi required."

Why it ranks here

Health score explained

Numa scores 93/100, #5 of 6 in DNS: 123 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.25.0, 7 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,956 stars add 13.2 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 6.8 more points.

Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.

  • Commit activity 35.0 / 35

    123 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)

  • Release recency 25.0 / 25

    v0.25.0 released 7 days ago

  • Stars biggest shortfall 13.2 / 20

    2k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)

  • Not archived 10.0 / 10

    Repository is active

  • Docker support 10.0 / 10

    Docker image or Compose file available

Commit activity

216 commits over the last 12 months
123
Last 90 days
216
Last 12 months
yesterday
Last push

Ranked #5 of 6 tools in DNS by health , between blocky (#4) and Maza ad blocking (#6) .

Details

LicenceMIT
PlatformsRust, Docker, Nix
Latest releasev0.25.0 · 7 days ago
Stars1,956
Open issues19
DockerYes
Repositoryrazvandimescu/numa ↗
Visit website ↗ Source code ↗

Numa vs its top 5 alternatives

Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Numa (DNS), scored on the same five terms.

Tool Health Stars Licence Last commit
Pi-hole 99 62k EUPL-1.2 3 days ago
AdGuard Home 98 38k GPL-3.0 3 days ago
Technitium DNS Server 96 10k GPL-3.0 6 days ago
blocky 95 7.1k Apache-2.0 2 days ago
Numa (this tool) 93 2k MIT yesterday
Maza ad blocking 25 1.9k Apache-2.0 3 months ago

Numa: common questions

What does Numa replace?

Repoly lists Numa as an open-source alternative to Pi-hole. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Numa stands against the others.

Is Numa still maintained?

Numa had 123 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v0.25.0, is from 7 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.