exentriquesolutions/nip.io

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

NIP.IO is a wildcard DNS service that maps hostnames containing an embedded IP address (e.g. 10.0.0.1.nip.io) back to that IP address, implemented as a PowerDNS PipeBackend in Python. The public service is now operated by sslip.io, but the backend code can be self-hosted for local or white-label use.

Use cases

• map a hostname to a server IP without buying a domain
• test HTTPS on a dev server without editing /etc/hosts
• self-host wildcard DNS for local/private IPs behind DNS rebinding protection
• white-label wildcard DNS on my own domain
• get my public IP via a DNS TXT lookup

When to choose

• you need wildcard DNS for any IP without registering a domain
• you want to self-host the backend for private networks or custom domains
• you need IPv4, IPv6, dash/dot/hex hostname formats, or CAA/whitelist controls

When to avoid

• you need a maintained project - the original maintainer passed away and the public service is run by sslip.io
• your resolver has DNS rebinding protection blocking private-IP responses
• you need full DNS zone management rather than simple IP-embedded hostnames

Facets

service · maturity maintenance

networking self-hosted networking web-development developer-tools self-hosted self-hosted python wildcard-dns powerdns pipe-backend dns-rebinding sslip-io linux docker

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