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SmartDNS-rs 0.13.0, published by YISH, is a cross-platform local DNS server written in Rust that functions as a Dnsmasq-like resolver engineered to return the fastest website IP for optimal Internet performance. Operating as a lightweight background service, the software accepts DNS queries from local clients, simultaneously polls multiple upstream resolvers, and benchmarks response times to identify and serve the quickest reachable address, thereby reducing latency and circumventing common DNS pollution scenarios. The application natively supports modern encrypted transport protocols including DNS-over-TLS (DoT), DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH), DNS-over-HTTP/3 (DoH3), and the emerging DNS-over-QUIC (DoQ), ensuring both speed and privacy on Windows systems built with the MSVC toolchain. Network administrators and privacy-conscious home users deploy SmartDNS-rs to accelerate web access, improve gaming connectivity, and implement high-performance ad filtering by loading blocklists that prevent resolution of tracking or advertising domains. Because configuration is file-based, the tool integrates easily with routers, proxies, or existing DHCP servers, making it suitable for everything from single-machine optimization to small-office deployments. Eight successive releases have refined memory safety, concurrency, and filtering performance, while the open-source Rust codebase provides cross-architecture portability and transparent security auditing. The program is classified within the Networking/DNS category and is available for free on get.nero.com, where downloads are delivered through trusted Windows package sources such as winget, always supplying the latest version and supporting batch installation of multiple applications.
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