doggo

🐶 Command-line DNS client for humans

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doggo is a modern command-line DNS client (like dig) written in Golang. It outputs information in a neat concise manner and supports protocols like DoH, DoT, DoQ, and DNSCrypt as well.

It's totally inspired by dog which is written in Rust. I wanted to add some features to it but since I don't know Rust, I found it as a nice opportunity to experiment with writing a DNS Client from scratch in Go myself. Hence the name dog + go => doggo.

Installation

Easy Install (Recommended)

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mr-karan/doggo/main/install.sh | sh

Package Managers

• Arch Linux: pacman -S doggo
• Eget: eget mr-karan/doggo
• Gentoo: emerge net-dns/doggo
• Homebrew: brew install doggo
• MacPorts (macOS): port install doggo
• Mise: mise use -g doggo@latest
• Nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#doggo
• Scoop (Windows): scoop install doggo
• Winget (Windows): winget install doggo

Binary Install

You can download pre-compiled binaries for various operating systems and architectures from the Releases page.

Linux 32-bit ARM releases are available as doggo-linux-armv6.tar.gz (ARMv6) and doggo-linux-armv7.tar.gz (ARMv7 and 32-bit ARMv8). The doggo-linux-arm.tar.gz compatibility asset is the ARMv7 build.

FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and NetBSD ARMv7 releases use the explicit doggo-<os>-armv7.tar.gz name and retain their historical doggo-<os>-arm.tar.gz aliases.

Go Install

If you have Go installed on your system, you can use the go install command:

go install github.com/mr-karan/doggo/cmd/doggo@latest

The binary will be available at $GOPATH/bin/doggo.

Docker

docker pull ghcr.io/mr-karan/doggo:latest
docker run --rm ghcr.io/mr-karan/doggo:latest example.com

For more installation options, including binary downloads and Docker images, please refer to the full installation guide.

Quick Start

Here are some quick examples to get you started with doggo:

# Simple DNS lookup
doggo example.com

# Query MX records using a specific nameserver
doggo MX github.com @9.9.9.9

# Use DNS over HTTPS
doggo example.com @https://cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query

# JSON output for scripting
doggo example.com --json | jq '.responses[0].answers[].address'

# Reverse DNS lookup
doggo --reverse 8.8.8.8 --short

# Follow the delegation chain iteratively
doggo example.com --trace

# Using Globalping
doggo example.com --gp-from Germany,Japan --gp-limit 2

Configuration

Defaults for any flag can be set via a TOML config file or DOGGO_* environment variables, so you don't have to repeat flags on every invocation:

# ~/.config/doggo/config.toml (or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/doggo/config.toml, ~/.doggo.toml)
strategy = "first"
color    = false
timeout  = "10s"

# HTTP/3 must be paired with a persistent HTTPS (DoH) nameserver.
nameserver = ["https://cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query"]
http3     = true

# Equivalent environment variables
export DOGGO_STRATEGY=first
export DOGGO_COLOR=false
export DOGGO_NAMESERVER=https://cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query
export DOGGO_HTTP3=true

Precedence (lowest to highest): flag defaults < config file < environment variables < command line flags. Use --config=PATH or DOGGO_CONFIG to load a file from a custom location.

config-cli-sample.toml documents every supported key with its default. See the CLI reference for details.

Features

• Human-readable output with color-coded and tabular format
• JSON output support for easy scripting and parsing
• Iterative delegation tracing with --trace
• Multiple transport protocols: DoH, DoT, DoQ, TCP, UDP, DNSCrypt
• Explicit DNS-over-HTTPS over HTTP/3 with --http3
• EDNS support with Client Subnet (ECS), NSID, Cookies, Padding, and Extended Errors
• Additional section support for glue records and supplementary data
• Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) with automatic punycode conversion
• Support for ndots and search configurations
• Multiple resolver support with customizable query strategies
• Bind queries to a local source address with -b/--source, like dig -b
• IPv4 and IPv6 support
• Web interface available
• Shell completions for zsh and fish
• Reverse DNS lookups
• Flexible query options including various DNS flags
• Debug mode for troubleshooting
• Response time measurement
• Cross-platform support

Documentation

For comprehensive documentation, including detailed usage instructions, configuration options, and advanced features, please visit our official documentation site.

Sponsorship

If you find doggo useful and would like to support its development, please consider becoming a sponsor. Your support helps maintain and improve this open-source project.

Every contribution, no matter how small, is greatly appreciated and helps keep this project alive and growing. Thank you for your support! 🐶❤️

License

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