Acrylic DNS Proxy

Spec sheet

Purpose

Acrylic is a local DNS proxy for Windows that caches DNS responses and supports a custom HOSTS file for blocking unwanted ads.Read 7 Oct 2026 · mayakron.altervista.org

Support

The maker asks users to check the FAQ first and provides an email address for questions, suggestions, and problem reports.Read 7 Oct 2026 · mayakron.altervista.org

Caching

Its sliding expiration cache can answer from cache immediately and update entries in the background.Read 7 Oct 2026 · mayakron.altervista.org

Current release

The home page lists version 2.2.1, released February 12, 2025, with Windows setup, portable, and Delphi source downloads.Read 7 Oct 2026 · mayakron.altervista.org

Data collection

The product site states that it uses no cookies or tracking and collects no data.Read 7 Oct 2026 · mayakron.altervista.org

DoH privacy

The maker describes DNS-over-HTTPS as helping prevent eavesdropping and DNS data manipulation by man-in-the-middle attacks.Read 7 Oct 2026 · mayakron.altervista.org

HOSTS rules

HOSTS entries support wildcards, regular expressions, NXDOMAIN mappings, forwarding rules, and included external HOSTS files.Read 7 Oct 2026 · mayakron.altervista.org

Installation requirement

The maker says installation should be performed by a user with administrative rights.Read 7 Oct 2026 · mayakron.altervista.org

License and source

Acrylic is described as open source, with source code available under the GNU General Public License.Read 7 Oct 2026 · mayakron.altervista.org

Limit

The maker warns that using many HOSTS patterns or regular expressions may significantly slow Acrylic down.Read 7 Oct 2026 · mayakron.altervista.org

Multiple DNS servers

Acrylic can forward requests simultaneously to multiple configured DNS servers and use the first valid response.Read 7 Oct 2026 · mayakron.altervista.org

Protocols

The configuration page lists UDP, TCP, SOCKS5, and DNS-over-HTTPS as supported upstream protocols.Read 7 Oct 2026 · mayakron.altervista.org

Resolver integrations

The FAQ provides configuration examples for using Acrylic with TOR, DNSCrypt, and DNS-over-HTTPS resolvers.Read 7 Oct 2026 · mayakron.altervista.org

Security setting

By default, Acrylic refuses requests from other computers; the configuration allows specific addresses to be added, and warns against allowing any IP address.Read 7 Oct 2026 · mayakron.altervista.org

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

• DNS Server Software#2 of 238.1