Ideas Category

Automatic Denylist Cleanup

Add a cleanup menu to the denylist tab that will allow the user to select a variety of different cleanup options such as purging redundant entities, purging all of a specific TLD,…

YouTube Adds and Bad Torrents

Can you add the best YouTube ads Block Lists? Also, bad Torrents Lists? I get my lists, for example, here, https://github.com/ngosang/trackerslist/blob/master/blacklist.txt <<<<< For Bad torrents.…

Help with Advanced Setup: NextDNS CLI + NordVPN Integration on Windows (Specific Questions)

Hello NextDNS team and community, I am working on an advanced privacy setup and would highly appreciate your input on some critical questions. My goal is to integrate NextDNS CLI with a NordVPN…

Colorize User Rewrite Events in the Log View

I'd like to request that successfully applied rewrite actions (Settings > Rewrites) are colorized in the web log view. Blocked requests are colorized red. Explicitly allowed are colored green.…

Custom Domain for Resolution

Currently, using the standard dns.nextdns.io domain for DoH/DoT I get a high rate of blocking on public networks. This is probably because it is very easy to block the NextDNS SNI.…

New Idea: Custom Blocklists

Allow users to import custom blocklists from a git repo in the standard format. This would alleviate a lot o the gripes people have, allow them to subscribe to more expansive lists (or create their…

Temporarily disable filtering

Before I migrated from Pi-hole, there was an option to disable blocking for 10 seconds, 30 seconds, 5 minutes, etc. I was able to use that for troubleshooting. E.g.…

add new blocklists and remove old ones that are no longer current or maintained.

It would be really nice if you could add new blocklists and remove old ones that are no longer current or maintained. Some of the lists have not been maintained for years.

[Request] Allow excluding cellular networks with Apple profiles

Hi, I believe this was discussed before, but I cannot find the thread in question. Any chance for an option to disable NextDNS when using cellular networks,…

Android VPN settings to mimic NextDNS Android app? Can't connect to work Wi-Fi using Private DNS.

I accidentally erased the NextDNS app from my Android phone, and the app is no longer available on the Google Play store. I am not comfortable with the idea of installing an unverified APK file,…

Purge/show Redundant Deny-list Entries, and show redundant blocklists.

It would be nice to have a feature that will purge redundant entries from the Denylist, and generate a text file that tells the user what was removed, and which blocklists already blocked it.…

Add OISD Blocklists - Small, Big and NSFW

I understand you have the ability to select the blocklist OISD within NextDNS. That said, NextDNS only offers the one blocklist. I would like to see blocklist options for the below OISD blocklists.…

New function needed : pause nextdns setting

Hello, I think we need a new function : - the possibility to pause a nextdns setting, in order to have a non blocking dns for testing or accessing a blocked website For exemple the website Aliexpress…

Add iPhone 16e to the device model list

Hi. As iPhone 16e has officially been released, I think it's time to add the device to the list in the Apple setup page.

Multiple IPs and manually editing IPs for profile

Hi, excellent product so far, and I appreciate all automation and easy setup instructions. And price is also very acceptable, transition from free to paid is not painfull like with many other vendors…

Better control of the clients on the Dashboard

Hello, I am new to NextDNS and I manage around 60 clients there. I really miss having better control over these machines, such as grouping them and manually removing inactive hostnames.

Add Badblock

I would like to see blocklist options for Badblock https://codeberg.org/celenity/BadBlock

About the Nextdns.ca

Can u guys make a certificate editor it will have all the normal data but id like to be able to edit the blocking page and the unblocked page like for example some ideas that could be considered for…

Block subdomain of allowed parent domain

Allow: api.vungle.com block or redirect: ads.api.vungle.com how? allow is necessary to overcome subscription block.

Display explicitly on my.nextdns.io the config option is the Default/is user defined

I am exploring NextDNS and I am sometimes troubleshooting issues. I am having my Profile and an unused Profile that I haven't changed from the Default configuration to see what options I have defined…

Tagging allow/deny list rules with descriptions

Can you add a feature where i can annotate a reason why something was added to one of the allow/deny lists?

Temporary Allowlist Entries with Device Binding

I would like to request a feature that allows temporarily adding domains to the allowlist. After a defined time period, these entries should be automatically removed to restore the original filtering…

Add to allowlist directly from log page

Please provide a way to directly add to the allowlist from the log page. Most of my interactions with the site hav been about trying to figure out why a page isn't working,…

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Ability to assign custom device name when configuring via CLI

Sending your devices name lets you filter analytics and logs by device. Report device name? [Y|n]: Hello, Is it possible to set a custom client (device) name when configuring NextDNS via CLI?…

How do you build a cluster setup?

I'm curious if there's a guide for cluster setup of several DNS proxies with NextDNS for reliability. Since I don't see a feature in the configuration options,…