doggo is a command-line DNS client inspired by dog, the Rust-based alternative to dig. It provides a convenient way to investigate DNS records, test nameservers and troubleshoot name resolution problems.
The utility is designed for both interactive use and scripting. It presents DNS responses in a readable format while offering detailed control over queries, transport protocols and output. Users can also configure default behaviour instead of repeatedly supplying the same command-line options.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Supports DNS over UDP and TCP, DNS over HTTPS (DoH), DNS over TLS (DoT), DNS over QUIC (DoQ) and DNSCrypt.
- Explicit HTTP/3 support for DNS-over-HTTPS queries.
- Provides colour-coded tabular output, short responses and machine-readable JSON.
- Iterative delegation tracing with the –trace option.
- Extended DNS (EDNS) support includes Client Subnet, NSID, Cookies, Padding and Extended Errors.
- Supports multiple resolvers with configurable query strategies.
- Handles internationalised domain names with automatic Punycode conversion.
- Supports reverse DNS lookups, IPv4 and IPv6 queries, and custom DNS flags.
- Reads search domains and ndots settings from resolver configuration.
- TOML configuration files and environment variables for persistent settings.
- Can bind queries to a specified local source address.
- Includes debugging, response timing and shell completion for zsh and fish.
Website: github.com/mr-karan/doggo
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Developer: Karan Sharma
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
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| dog | DNS client with colorful output, DNS-over-TLS and DNS-over-HTTPS support |
| doggo | Command-line DNS client for humans |
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|---|---|
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