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Free DNS hosting provider designed with security in mind, and running on purely open source software. deSEC is backed and funded by SSE.

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Author

desec-io

Description

Backbone of the deSEC Free Secure DNS Hosting Service

#dns#dnssec#dyndns#rest-api

Homepage

https://desec.io/

License

MIT

Created

27 Sept 16

Last Updated

26 Feb 26

Primary Language

Python

Size

4,826 KB

Stars

576

Forks

61

Watchers

576

Language Usage

Language Usage

Star History

Star History

Top Contributors

Recent Commits

  • Peter Thomassen (21 Jan 26)

    fix(webapp): correct VAT number

  • dependabot[bot] (12 Jan 26)

    chore(deps): bump actions/checkout in the github-actions group Bumps the github-actions group with 1 update: [actions/checkout](https://github.com/actions/checkout). Updates `actions/checkout` from 4 to 6 - [Release notes](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/actions/checkout/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) - [Commits](https://github.com/actions/checkout/compare/v4...v6) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: actions/checkout dependency-version: '6' dependency-type: direct:production update-type: version-update:semver-major dependency-group: github-actions ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>

  • Peter Thomassen (12 Jan 26)

    chore(api): bump requirements

  • Peter Thomassen (12 Jan 26)

    feat(webapp): update frontend server adoptions

  • Peter Thomassen (12 Jan 26)

    fix(api): catch duplicate records in RRset on database layer

  • Peter Thomassen (12 Jan 26)

    fix(tests): remove identical DNSKEYs when mocking automatic DS update

  • fiwswe (26 Nov 25)

    feat(docs): clarify dynDNS query parameter usage, fixes #1153

  • Peter Thomassen (26 Nov 25)

    fix(webapp): clarify onboarding types on home page Related: https://talk.desec.io/t/difference-between-account-types/1543

  • Peter Thomassen (26 Nov 25)

    fix(api): improve error message Related: #1153

  • Peter Thomassen (24 Nov 25)

    feat(api): increase account_management_passive rate limit See https://talk.desec.io/t/api-rate-limits-in-the-context-of-terraform-opentofu-ansible-etc-automation/1589/3

  • dependabot[bot] (27 Oct 25)

    chore(deps): update dnspython requirement Updates the requirements on [dnspython](https://github.com/rthalley/dnspython) to permit the latest version. Updates `dnspython` to 2.8.0 - [Release notes](https://github.com/rthalley/dnspython/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/rthalley/dnspython/blob/main/doc/whatsnew.rst) - [Commits](https://github.com/rthalley/dnspython/compare/v2.7.0...v2.8.0) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: dnspython dependency-version: 2.8.0 dependency-type: direct:production dependency-group: pip-test-e2e2 ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>

  • dependabot[bot] (20 Oct 25)

    chore(deps): update coverage requirement in /api Updates the requirements on [coverage](https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy) to permit the latest version. - [Release notes](https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/blob/master/CHANGES.rst) - [Commits](https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/compare/7.10.7...7.11.0) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: coverage dependency-version: 7.11.0 dependency-type: direct:production ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>

  • dependabot[bot] (20 Oct 25)

    chore(deps): update cryptography requirement in /api Updates the requirements on [cryptography](https://github.com/pyca/cryptography) to permit the latest version. - [Changelog](https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst) - [Commits](https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/compare/46.0.2...46.0.3) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: cryptography dependency-version: 46.0.3 dependency-type: direct:production ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>

  • dependabot[bot] (13 Oct 25)

    chore(deps): update uwsgi requirement from ~=2.0.30 to ~=2.0.31 in /api Updates the requirements on [uwsgi](https://uwsgi-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) to permit the latest version. --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: uwsgi dependency-version: 2.0.31 dependency-type: direct:production ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>

  • dependabot[bot] (13 Oct 25)

    chore(deps): update dnspython requirement in /api Updates the requirements on [dnspython](https://github.com/rthalley/dnspython) to permit the latest version. - [Release notes](https://github.com/rthalley/dnspython/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/rthalley/dnspython/blob/main/doc/whatsnew.rst) - [Commits](https://github.com/rthalley/dnspython/compare/v2.7.0...v2.8.0) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: dnspython dependency-version: 2.8.0 dependency-type: direct:production ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>

  • Peter Thomassen (24 Nov 25)

    chore(webapp): update tax benefit cut-off without receipt

  • Peter Thomassen (24 Nov 25)

    fix(): explicitly configure IPv6 for front network bridge Necessary from Docker 28.2 on. See: https://github.com/desec-io/cstate/blob/main/content/issues/2025_11_21_web-api-ipv6-outage.md

  • perzarys (18 Oct 25)

    fix(webapp): Fix typo in DomainSetup.vue

  • dependabot[bot] (06 Oct 25)

    chore(deps): update cryptography requirement in /api Updates the requirements on [cryptography](https://github.com/pyca/cryptography) to permit the latest version. - [Changelog](https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst) - [Commits](https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/compare/45.0.7...46.0.2) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: cryptography dependency-version: 46.0.2 dependency-type: direct:production ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>

  • dependabot[bot] (29 Sept 25)

    chore(deps): update pyyaml requirement from ~=6.0.2 to ~=6.0.3 in /api Updates the requirements on [pyyaml](https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml) to permit the latest version. - [Release notes](https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/blob/6.0.3/CHANGES) - [Commits](https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/compare/6.0.2...6.0.3) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: pyyaml dependency-version: 6.0.3 dependency-type: direct:production ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>

  • dependabot[bot] (22 Sept 25)

    chore(deps): update django-cors-headers requirement in /api Updates the requirements on [django-cors-headers](https://github.com/adamchainz/django-cors-headers) to permit the latest version. - [Changelog](https://github.com/adamchainz/django-cors-headers/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst) - [Commits](https://github.com/adamchainz/django-cors-headers/compare/4.8.0...4.9.0) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: django-cors-headers dependency-version: 4.9.0 dependency-type: direct:production ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>

  • dependabot[bot] (22 Sept 25)

    chore(deps): update coverage requirement in /api Updates the requirements on [coverage](https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy) to permit the latest version. - [Release notes](https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/blob/master/CHANGES.rst) - [Commits](https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/compare/7.10.6...7.10.7) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: coverage dependency-version: 7.10.7 dependency-type: direct:production ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>

  • Peter Thomassen (10 Oct 25)

    chore(api): bump Django

  • Peter Thomassen (10 Oct 25)

    fix(api): derive subnet update IP family from prefix, fixes #1154

  • dependabot[bot] (15 Sept 25)

    chore(deps): update django-cors-headers requirement in /api Updates the requirements on [django-cors-headers](https://github.com/adamchainz/django-cors-headers) to permit the latest version. - [Changelog](https://github.com/adamchainz/django-cors-headers/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst) - [Commits](https://github.com/adamchainz/django-cors-headers/compare/4.7.0...4.8.0) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: django-cors-headers dependency-version: 4.8.0 dependency-type: direct:production ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>

  • dependabot[bot] (15 Sept 25)

    chore(deps): update psycopg[binary] requirement in /api Updates the requirements on [psycopg[binary]](https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg) to permit the latest version. - [Changelog](https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg/blob/master/docs/news.rst) - [Commits](https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg/compare/3.2.9...3.2.10) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: psycopg[binary] dependency-version: 3.2.10 dependency-type: direct:production ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>

  • dependabot[bot] (08 Sept 25)

    chore(deps): update cryptography requirement in /api Updates the requirements on [cryptography](https://github.com/pyca/cryptography) to permit the latest version. - [Changelog](https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst) - [Commits](https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/compare/45.0.6...45.0.7) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: cryptography dependency-version: 45.0.7 dependency-type: direct:production ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>

  • dependabot[bot] (01 Sept 25)

    chore(deps): update coverage requirement in /api Updates the requirements on [coverage](https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy) to permit the latest version. - [Release notes](https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/blob/master/CHANGES.rst) - [Commits](https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/compare/7.10.4...7.10.6) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: coverage dependency-version: 7.10.6 dependency-type: direct:production ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>

  • dependabot[bot] (25 Aug 25)

    chore(deps): update requests requirement in /api Updates the requirements on [requests](https://github.com/psf/requests) to permit the latest version. - [Release notes](https://github.com/psf/requests/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/psf/requests/blob/main/HISTORY.md) - [Commits](https://github.com/psf/requests/compare/v2.32.4...v2.32.5) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: requests dependency-version: 2.32.5 dependency-type: direct:production ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>

  • molikuner (19 Jul 25)

    feat(api): Support updating multiple subdomains at once using dyndns API

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Server Details

  • IP Address 88.99.64.5
  • Hostname digga.desec.io
  • Location Falkenstein, Sachsen, Germany, EU
  • ISP Hetzner Online GmbH
  • ASN AS24940

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