nextdns-app mit Homebrew Cask installieren

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Projektgeschichte

NextDNS was founded in May 2019 by Romain Cointepas and Olivier Poitrey. It was positioned as a privacy-oriented, policy-aware DNS service intended to reduce reliance on unencrypted ISP resolvers without further centralizing DNS among only the largest public providers.

The macOS application provides a graphical client for selecting a NextDNS configuration and connecting the system through the service. It coexists with the open-source NextDNS CLI, which targets routers and Unix-like systems while also supporting macOS and Windows.

Adoptionsgeschichte

NextDNS expanded from a configurable encrypted-DNS service into device and network clients. The official macOS guide presents both a graphical app and the open-source CLI, letting users choose between a menu-bar workflow and a host or router daemon.

The service's device-independent filtering model encouraged use across phones, computers, home networks, and routers: a single profile can control security, privacy, advertising, tracker, and parental-control policies.

Wie es verwendet wird

Install the app, open Preferences, enter the profile's configuration ID as a custom configuration, and connect from the app menu.

Filtering rules, allowlists, denylists, privacy controls, security protections, logs, and parental controls are managed through the associated NextDNS profile.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

NextDNS sits between a public recursive resolver and a self-hosted blocker: policy is managed by the service, while clients encrypt DNS traffic and associate it with a configuration profile. The macOS cask packages the simple GUI path; the separately packaged CLI exposes router, cache, split-horizon, and service-management capabilities.

Zeitleiste

• 2019-05: NextDNS was founded by Romain Cointepas and Olivier Poitrey.
• 2020: The official macOS guide documented both the graphical application and the CLI installation path.

Related projects

• The open-source NextDNS CLI is an alternative client for the same service and is documented alongside the graphical macOS application.

Quellen

• Official CLI repository: https://github.com/nextdns/nextdns
• Official founder history: https://help.nextdns.io/t/y4hmv0n/who-is-behind-nextdns
• Official macOS guide: https://github.com/nextdns/nextdns/wiki/MacOS
• Official service page: https://nextdns.io/