c-ares VS PowerDNS

Compare c-ares vs PowerDNS and see what are their differences.

c-ares

A C library for asynchronous DNS requests (by c-ares)
DNS Resolver dns-queries C Async Library
Source Code
c-ares.org
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PowerDNS

PowerDNS Authoritative, PowerDNS Recursor, dnsdist (by PowerDNS)
DNS Powerdns recursor dns-server dnsdist authoritative powerdns-authoritative-server HacktoberFest
Source Code
powerdns.com
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c-ares PowerDNS
2 28
1,771 3,375
1.4% 1.6%
9.5 10.0
6 days ago 6 days ago
C C++
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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c-ares

Posts with mentions or reviews of c-ares. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

PowerDNS

Posts with mentions or reviews of PowerDNS. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-20.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing c-ares and PowerDNS you can also consider the following projects:

harfbuzz - HarfBuzz text shaping engine

Unbound - Unbound is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.

command - Command, ::process::Command like syscalls in C++.

Bind - Mirror of https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/bind9, please submit issues and PR/MRs in the GitLab. Any issues and PRs opened here will be closed without a comment.

flamethrower - a DNS performance and functional testing utility supporting UDP, TCP, DoT and DoH

Knot DNS - A mirrored repository

scrift - New generation shell for everyone.

CoreDNS - CoreDNS is a DNS server that chains plugins

Apache Thrift - Apache Thrift

Knot Resolver - Knot Resolver - resolve DNS names like it's 2024

fann - Official github repository for Fast Artificial Neural Network Library (FANN)

NSD - The NLnet Labs Name Server Daemon (NSD) is an authoritative, RFC compliant DNS nameserver.

c-ares vs harfbuzz PowerDNS vs Unbound c-ares vs command PowerDNS vs Bind c-ares vs flamethrower PowerDNS vs Knot DNS c-ares vs scrift PowerDNS vs CoreDNS c-ares vs Apache Thrift PowerDNS vs Knot Resolver c-ares vs fann PowerDNS vs NSD