CoreDNS is a DNS and service discovery server that chains plugins to provide features like Kubernetes service discovery, metrics, and policy controls. It is widely used in cloud-native and container environments due to its flexible, modular design.
- Current stable: CoreDNS 1.14.1 (2026-01-15).
- Kubernetes and cloud-native service discovery.
- Lightweight DNS services that are easy to extend with plugins.
- Environments that need DNS plus observability features like metrics.
- Plugin-based architecture for DNS functionality.
- Service discovery integrations (including Kubernetes).
- Built-in metrics and health checks via plugins.