DNS Taskbar
Summary
DNS Taskbar is a local DNS monitoring and lookup utility. It does not require an account and has no developer-operated cloud service. The app contains no analytics, advertising, tracking, or third-party telemetry SDKs. The developer does not receive usage statistics, resolver configuration, DNS questions, lookup results, crash reports, or diagnostic logs from the app.
What is stored locally
DNS Taskbar stores configuration and preferences in macOS user defaults on your Mac. This includes:
- Resolver display names and enabled state.
- UDP hosts and ports or DoH endpoint URLs.
- The configured monitoring query name and record type.
- Symbols, accent colours, menu bar visibility, and per-resolver thresholds.
- Poll interval, history range, menu bar mode, primary resolver, global thresholds, and Dock preference.
This configuration is not uploaded by DNS Taskbar. It follows normal macOS user-defaults behaviour and may be included in backups or migration data if you enable those macOS features.
Latency monitoring traffic
For each enabled resolver, DNS Taskbar periodically sends the configured DNS question to that resolver. The default question is example.com. with record type A. The default cadence is one query per resolver every 10 seconds, staggered across the resolver list; you can configure a cadence from 5 to 300 seconds.
UDP resolvers receive a normal DNS wire-format question on the configured host and port. DoH resolvers receive a wire-format DNS message over HTTPS at the configured endpoint. The chosen resolver and its network provider can necessarily observe the DNS question and ordinary connection metadata, subject to their own privacy practices.
Quick Lookup traffic
Quick Lookup sends only the parsed host and selected DNS record types to the resolver selected in the popover. For a pasted URL, DNS Taskbar removes the scheme, path, query string, fragment, username, password, and other URL credentials before building the DNS question. For an IP address, it builds the corresponding reverse-DNS PTR name.
The resolver receives the DNS question and returns the DNS response. Lookup results remain in the app's current interface and are not sent to the developer.
No developer endpoints
The DNS Taskbar app does not send data to slepp.ca, dnsbin.ca, or any other developer-controlled endpoint. It does not use a developer proxy, relay, account server, update service, analytics service, advertising network, or remote configuration service.
Logs and diagnostics
DNS Taskbar writes operational diagnostics to Apple's local Unified Logging system under the subsystem ca.slepp.dns-taskbar. These entries may include resolver names, endpoints, configured monitoring names, and error details. They remain on your Mac and are never uploaded automatically.
If you contact support, you may choose to copy and send relevant log entries. Review the content before sharing it.
Analytics, advertising, cookies, and tracking
The app has no analytics SDK, advertising SDK, tracking code, third-party telemetry, or cross-app identifier. It does not set cookies. Its privacy manifest declares no collected data and no tracking.
This website and Cloudflare
The DNS Taskbar website at dns-taskbar.slepp.ca is delivered through Cloudflare. When you visit, Cloudflare necessarily processes ordinary request metadata such as your IP address, request headers, and requested URL to deliver the site. Cloudflare describes its practices in its privacy policy.
This website sets no cookies, loads no external fonts or scripts, contains no analytics, and makes no advertising or tracking requests.
App Store privacy label
DNS Taskbar's Mac App Store privacy label is Data Not Collected. Apple's own privacy practices apply when you use the Mac App Store to obtain the app once it is published.
Contact and changes
For privacy questions, contact the developer through the Support page. If this policy changes, the revised version will be published here with an updated effective date.
Effective date: July 18, 2026