🌐 A continuously updated list of high-quality DNS resolvers, validated daily.
This repository maintains a curated list of public DNS resolvers that have been verified to be stable, responsive, and returning validated results. The resolver list is updated every 24 hours through an automated pipeline.
Our validation process combines multiple techniques to ensure only reliable resolvers make it into the list:
- 🔗 Aggregation — Resolvers are pulled from over 100 different public sources and merged into a single deduplicated list.
- 📡 Port Scanning — We continuously scan for open port 53 (DNS) across the IPv4 space 24/7 to discover new resolvers as they come online.
- ⏱️ Stability Testing — Each discovered resolver is tested repeatedly over time. Only resolvers that demonstrate consistent uptime and response times are included.
- ✅ Response Validation — Resolvers must return correct, non-poisoned responses for a set of known domains. Any resolver returning invalid or manipulated results is removed.
- 🔄 Daily Refresh — The entire list is regenerated daily, dropping any resolvers that have gone offline or started misbehaving.
Fetch the latest resolver list directly:
curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/acidvegas/liveresolvers/main/resolvers.txtOr clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/acidvegas/liveresolvers.gitFor users who prefer well-known, privacy-respecting DNS providers, we also maintain a separate privacy-resolvers.txt file. This includes providers like Cloudflare, Quad9, Mullvad, AdGuard, NextDNS, and others that have strong no-logging policies and support encrypted DNS protocols (DoH/DoT).
The resolvers.txt file contains one IPv4 address per line — no ports, no comments, no extra formatting. Ready to use with tools like massdns, dnsx, puredns, shuffledns, etc.