Is NextDNS safe?

Clean risk

Encrypts DNS queries on all networks using NextDNS for macOS.

This app lets users set a NextDNS configuration ID from their account in Preferences. The description says this applies their blocking policy and provides Analytics and Logs about traffic through NextDNS.

nextdns Inc.v1.5.1Safari Extensions
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AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.

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Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed NextDNS contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.

  • nextdns.io

    NextDNS sends data to nextdns.io. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.

Updated 21 September 2026io.nextdns.NextDNSMac.NextDNSProxy