Long story short, i want to allow people to update dns records without editing zone files directly, and without using a back-end like ldap.

I have a few systems that make dynamic updates to bind. I've setup a solution to push these changes into git when they occur. Manually editing zone files (or even branch/merge in git) introduces additional complications to the workflow.

What I really want is a UI based tool that can allow users to add/edit/rm dns entries, and have those changes pushed to bind via rndc.
Does anyone know of a tool for this which is still maintained, excluding full blown hosting management solutions.

HAve you looked into using webmin? We used to create custom menus and scripts to do such things.

I took a look. it looks like this wants to manage the configuration, which is a no-go.

It does, but you can enable different screens, options, and scripts for different accounts for authority separation.