Sam Trenholme’s blog
MaraDNS 3.5.0038 released
July 4, 2026
In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States being created, I have released MaraDNS 3.5.0038. The main changes, compared to MaraDNS 3.5.0037, is that MaraDNS now cleanly compiles.Cleanly compiles
As I talked about extensively yesterday, MaraDNS now cleanly compiles, and its build process has been altered to ensure that MaraDNS will continue to compile for the foreseeable future.
Tests updated
Since compilers have gotten more picky since I last ran the test suite with MaraDNS, I have updated the test suite to run again. The OS I currently use to run the test suite is a Docker container with Alpine 3.24; all tests pass in that environment.
MaraDNS’s future
MaraDNS is in deep freeze: The only changes I make at this point are credible security updates (with the deluge of AI-assisted security “reports” these days, I’m very picky about what makes a real security issue) and updates to make sure MaraDNS continues to compile and run.
The 3.5.0037 release fixed a minor security issue; MaraDNS 3.5.0038 cleans things up and fixes issues found by newer and more picky compilers.
As I get older—keep in mind MaraDNS has now existed for over 25 years—I change my outlook on life. Seeing my first wife and both my parents die has made me think about my own mortality. While I hope to live for many many more years, I am now thinking about what legacy I will leave after I die. Yes, I do have a child, and yes I have a legacy there, but I also want to have MaraDNS be something which outlives me.
This is why I have, by and large, moved MaraDNS from my personal domain over to GitHub—my personal domains will go down when I’m no longer in this world and no longer babysit my servers and domain registrations, but GitHub should outlive me, hopefully for a very long time. This is why MaraDNS is on multiple public Git repos, so MaraDNS should still be online if some Git repos go offline.
MaraDNS has been a lot of work, and it’s unfortunate I was never able to effectively monetize MaraDNS to make a living from this program, but it’s work which I believe will have an enduring and lasting legacy.