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title: "NextDNS"
description: "NextDNS is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 912 installs sharing analytics and needs the vendor's cloud."
canonical: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/nextdns"
url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/nextdns.md"
last-updated: "2026-10-22"
version: "1.4"
---

# NextDNS

> NextDNS is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 912 installs sharing analytics and needs the vendor's cloud.

NextDNS is a built-in integration that connects Home Assistant to a NextDNS account through the vendor's cloud. It is set up in the UI by choosing a configuration profile and entering the account's API key. Sensors report DNS query statistics, including blocked queries and ratios, plus counts for encrypted queries and for the DNS-over-HTTPS, DNS-over-TLS, DNS-over-QUIC and DNS-over-HTTP/3 protocols. Switches toggle profile settings such as threat detection, blocking of bypass methods and blocking of individual services like ChatGPT or Amazon. Binary sensors show device connection status, and a button clears the logs. It also supports changing connection settings later, downloading diagnostics, and adding its status to system information.

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## Supports

- **Uses the vendor's cloud**: Needs an internet connection and an account with the vendor.
- **Set up in the UI**: Add it in Settings, Devices and services. Nothing to download.
- **Change settings later**: Its connection settings can change without removing it.
- **Platinum quality**: Home Assistant's own rating of its code and setup experience.
- **Updated with Home Assistant**: Ships and updates with every Home Assistant release.

## Setting it up

It is added under Settings, Devices and services, with Add integration.

### Connect

- **API key**: The API key for your NextDNS account

Also asked when signing in again and changing the connection.

### Profiles

- **Profile**: The NextDNS configuration profile you want to integrate

Texts from Home Assistant's source code, [Apache License 2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).

## Entities

- **Binary sensors**: Device connection status, Device profile connection status
- **Buttons**: Clear logs
- **Sensors**: DNS queries, DNS queries blocked, DNS queries blocked ratio, DNS-over-HTTP/3 queries, DNS-over-HTTP/3 queries ratio, DNS-over-HTTPS queries, DNS-over-HTTPS queries ratio, DNS-over-QUIC queries, DNS-over-QUIC queries ratio, DNS-over-TLS queries, DNS-over-TLS queries ratio, Encrypted queries, and 13 more
- **Switches**: AI-Driven threat detection, Allow affiliate & tracking links, Anonymized EDNS client subnet, Block 9GAG, Block Amazon, Block BeReal, Block Blizzard, Block bypass methods, Block ChatGPT, Block child sexual abuse material, Block Dailymotion, Block data-drop services, and 67 more

## Troubleshooting

- **Diagnostics**: Downloads a diagnostics file to attach to a bug report.
- **System health**: Adds its status to Home Assistant's system information.

## At a glance

- Kind: Built-in integration
- Category: [Computers and network](https://vulpo.app/integrations/category/computers-and-network.md), Routers and network
- Number: 912 installs sharing analytics
- Connection: Needs the vendor's cloud
- Upkeep: Part of Home Assistant
- Needs: Built into Home Assistant
- Quality scale: Platinum quality scale
- Domain: `nextdns`
- Source: <https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/nextdns/>

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Last updated 2026-10-22. Source: https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/nextdns

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