ddclient vs noip-renew

ddclient

This is the new home for ddclient. Ddclient is a Perl client used to update dynamic DNS entries for accounts on 'Dynamic DNS Network Services' free DNS service. It currently supports a lot of different routers and a few different services. (by ddclient)

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noip-renew

Auto renew (confirm) noip.com free hosts (by loblab)

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ddclient		noip-renew
	Project
56	Mentions	2
1,648	Stars	413
-	Growth	-
1.6	Activity	0.0
10 months ago	Latest Commit	about 2 months ago
Perl	Language	Python
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	Apache License 2.0

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ddclient

Posts with mentions or reviews of ddclient. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-02.

Ddclient: Update DDNS entries for accounts on a wide range of DDNS services
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 1 Apr 2024
DDclient not working
1 project | /r/selfhosted | 8 Dec 2023

You can find an example of the full config file here: https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient/blob/master/ddclient.conf.in
DDclient and Cloudflare (Dynamic DNS)
2 projects | /r/SelfHosting | 2 Oct 2023

Check your distribution's repos first, but Ddclient doesn’t have an automatic installation procedure. Get the tar-file from https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient/releases and untar it. Copy the perl script to your favorite location (ex. /usr/sbin) and create a
Ddclient GitHub Archived, Unmaintained
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 12 Jul 2023
Is it possible to have a service running on my Ubuntu server to automatically update my Google domains DNS settings when my ISP changes my IP?
1 project | /r/webhosting | 13 Jun 2023

ddclient has support for Google DNS. It is available as a package on Ubuntu/Debian.
Install ddclient on pfSense?
2 projects | /r/PFSENSE | 20 May 2023

As I recall ddclient is a perl script or some such. It should be relatively easy to just download and build it. https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient/releases
Disabling IPv6 Dynamic DNS updates not working
1 project | /r/OPNsenseFirewall | 4 May 2023

Which version of OPNSense are you running at the moment? There were changes to the os-ddclient package in the 23.1.6 patch in order to fix the config generation in response to changes in ddclient 3.10.0 when enabling IPv6 updates (ipv6=yes was disabled, and replaced with usev4/usev6. If a reboot doesn't help, I'd be happy to give you a hand with debugging the ddclient config.
[Question] ddclient with porkbun domain and their API
2 projects | /r/HomeNetworking | 30 Apr 2023

FROM alpine:3.17.3 RUN apk update && apk upgrade RUN apk add git make autoconf automake perl-io-socket-inet6 perl-io-socket-ssl WORKDIR /opt RUN git clone https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient.git WORKDIR /opt/ddclient RUN ./autogen && ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc/ddclient --localstatedir=/var RUN make && make VERBOSE=1 check && make install RUN rm /etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf && touch /opt/ddclient.config && ln -s /opt/ddclient.config /etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf RUN chmod 600 /etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/sh"] CMD ["-c", "ddclient; while true; do sleep 3600; done"]
Inadyn an alternative Dynamic DNS Client from DDclient
2 projects | /r/selfhosted | 23 Apr 2023

So a came accros Inadyn which compared to the current state of DDclient, is being actively maintained. More info here from what i am talking about.
Selfhosted duckdns equivalent?
3 projects | /r/selfhosted | 13 Apr 2023

You can use ddclient, it supports a lot of DNS providers: https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient

noip-renew

Posts with mentions or reviews of noip-renew. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-01-14.

Why do I have to setup DDNS?
1 project | /r/nextdns | 28 Jun 2021
Which client do you use to handle dynamic DNS?
2 projects | /r/pivpn | 14 Jan 2021

2) there's another script that can automatically renew your hostname for you without logging in every 30 days. https://github.com/loblab/noip-renew

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ddclient and noip-renew you can also consider the following projects:

cloudflare-ddns-updater - Dynamic DNS (DDNS) service based on Cloudflare! Access your home network remotely via a custom domain name without a static IP! Written in pure BASH~

cloudflare-dynamic-dns - Dynamic DNS client for Cloudflare with IPv6/IPv4 support

docker-swag - Nginx webserver and reverse proxy with php support and a built-in Certbot (Let's Encrypt) client. It also contains fail2ban for intrusion prevention.

frp - A fast reverse proxy to help you expose a local server behind a NAT or firewall to the internet.

adguardhome-sync - 🛡️ Synchronize AdGuard Home config to replicas

cloudflared - Cloudflare Tunnel client (formerly Argo Tunnel)

checkip - Resolves public (WAN) IP from supported providers.

rclone - "rsync for cloud storage" - Google Drive, S3, Dropbox, Backblaze B2, One Drive, Swift, Hubic, Wasabi, Google Cloud Storage, Yandex Files

jellyamp - Desktop client for listening to music from a Jellyfin server

desec-stack - Backbone of the deSEC.io Free Secure DNS Hosting Service

emby-unlocked - Emby with the premium Emby Premiere features unlocked.