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CoreDNS

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#16 of 23
Score
5.7
CoreDNS's website

The facts below are what the maker publishes about CoreDNS, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.

Plans and prices

From CoreDNS's own pricing page, checked 4 Oct 2026.

All about pricing
PlanPriceWhat it gives you
FreeFreeCompletely open source · Apache License Version 2

The facts

Each one read from CoreDNS's own pages, with the date it was checked.

What it does

Configuration limit
The manual says the provided binaries include all plugins listed in plugin.cfg, while adding or removing compiled plugins requires recompiling CoreDNS.checked 4 Oct 2026
Distribution
The manual says releases provide precompiled binaries for various operating systems, cross-compiled Linux binaries for ARM and PowerPC, and Docker images.checked 4 Oct 2026
Encrypted DNS transports
The manual documents DNS over TLS, DNS over HTTPS, and DNS over gRPC server protocols.checked 4 Oct 2026
Integrations
The site lists plugins for Kubernetes, etcd, Microsoft Azure DNS, GCP Cloud DNS, and AWS Route53.checked 4 Oct 2026
Metrics
The Prometheus plugin exports CoreDNS and plugin metrics, with the default metrics endpoint at localhost:9153 and path /metrics.checked 4 Oct 2026
Plugin architecture
CoreDNS chains plugins that perform DNS functions, and its manual says about 30 plugins are included in the default install.checked 4 Oct 2026
Project status
CoreDNS identifies itself as a graduated Cloud Native Computing Foundation project.checked 4 Oct 2026
Security
The forward plugin supports TLS connections to upstream DNS servers and sets the minimum TLS version to TLS 1.2.checked 4 Oct 2026
Security assessment
A Cure53 report says its March 2018 assessment found four security-relevant findings, including one critical finding, in the CoreDNS software tested.checked 4 Oct 2026
Service discovery
The Kubernetes plugin implements the Kubernetes DNS-Based Service Discovery Specification and can be used as a replacement for kube-dns in a Kubernetes cluster.checked 4 Oct 2026
Support and community
The homepage says some developers gather in the #coredns channel on Slack and development takes place on GitHub.checked 4 Oct 2026
What it does
CoreDNS is a DNS server written in Go.checked 4 Oct 2026

The company

Founded
2016checked 28 Sep 2026

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