dnscrypt-proxy-gui

Cross-platform GUI for dnscrypt-proxy —” encrypted DNS management made simple

Windows / Linux / macOS Python (PySide6/Qt) Privacy Tools

dnscrypt-proxy-gui provides a clean, native desktop interface for managing dnscrypt-proxy —” no config file editing required.

Features

Visual Server List —” Browse, filter, and select from 100+ public DoH/DoT servers
Real-time Latency —” Live ping measurements with color-coded health
Profile Management —” Save/switch between Home, Work, Travel, Custom profiles
System Integration —” One-click system DNS update (requires admin/root)
Log Viewer —” Live query log with filtering by domain, type, status
Auto-update —” Server list refreshes weekly; binary auto-updates

Screenshots

Main Window	Server Selection	Query Log

Installation

Windows

Download dnscrypt-proxy-gui-setup.exe from Releases

Linux

# Flatpak (recommended)
flatpak install flathub io.github.neohiro.dnscrypt-proxy-gui

# AppImage
wget https://github.com/neohiro/dnscrypt-proxy-gui/releases/latest/download/dnscrypt-proxy-gui.AppImage
chmod +x dnscrypt-proxy-gui.AppImage
./dnscrypt-proxy-gui.AppImage

macOS

brew install --cask dnscrypt-proxy-gui

Requirements

dnscrypt-proxy 2.1+ installed and in PATH
Python 3.10+ with PySide6 (bundled in releases)

Configuration

Settings stored in ~/.config/dnscrypt-proxy-gui/settings.json:

{
  "dnscrypt_proxy_path": "/usr/local/bin/dnscrypt-proxy",
  "auto_start": true,
  "default_profile": "home",
  "doh_port": 53000,
  "log_level": "info"
}

dnscrypt-proxy —” Core daemon
Cripple-NetStrip —” Network hardening with DNS sinkhole
linux —” Includes DNSCrypt setup