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Install nextdns-app with Homebrew Cask

Encrypted DNS client with ad and tracker blocking. Version 2.1.5 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.

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brew install --cask nextdns-app

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overview

Package summary

Encrypted DNS client with ad and tracker blocking

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history

Project history and usage

NextDNS for macOS is the graphical client for NextDNS's encrypted, policy-controlled DNS service, including security, advertising, and tracker blocking.

Project history

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.

Adoption history

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.

How it is used

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.

Why package nerds care

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.

Timeline

  • 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.

Sources

  • 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/

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page generated2026-11-04
manager version2.1.5
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://nextdns.io/

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install metadata

Package metadata

Package keycask:nextdns-app
Version2.1.5
Package managerHomebrew Cask
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/cask/nextdns-app
Homepagehttps://nextdns.io/
Upstream docshttps://nextdns.io/
Source archivehttps://storage.googleapis.com/nextdns_macos/NextDNS-2.1.5.dmg
SHA-2561f34a63da08bd17695533a5fd55ca007c2d60a24edebec8c6ebeb01824111e4a
Bottlenot recorded
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew cask API
Taphomebrew/cask
Full Tokennextdns-app
Names
  • NextDNS
Depends On
Macos
>=: 15
Artifacts
App
1
Target
1
Zap
1
Auto Updatesyes
Deprecatedno
Disabledno

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