# Install massdns

High-performance DNS stub resolver. Version 1.1.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:massdns
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install massdns
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install massdns
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: massdns from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#massdns
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ma/massdns/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:massdns
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/massdns>
- **Version:** 1.1.0
- **Source summary:** High-performance DNS stub resolver
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/blechschmidt/massdns>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/blechschmidt/massdns>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/blechschmidt/massdns#readme>
- **License:** GPL-3.0-only
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/blechschmidt/massdns/archive/refs/tags/v1.1.0.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- massdns (cli)
- massdns (alias)

## Build Dependencies

- cmake

## macOS Provided Libraries

- libpcap

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 1.1.0
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/blechschmidt/massdns
- Upstream latest detected: v1.1.0 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.

## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** massdns
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - massdns: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ma/massdns/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- dnf - massdns - 0.3-15.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: massdns from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | High-performance DNS stub resolver for bulk lookups and reconnaissance | https://github.com/blechschmidt/massdns


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- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider.
- [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [knot-resolver](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/knot-resolver/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking, resolver.
- [unbound](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/unbound/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking, resolver.
- [c-ares](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/c-ares/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking, resolver.
- [nextdns](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/nextdns/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking, resolver.
- [dnsx](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/dnsx/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking, reconnaissance.
- [adns](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/adns/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking, resolver.
- [getdns](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/getdns/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking, resolver.
- [hickory-dns](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/hickory-dns/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking, resolver.
- [doh](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/doh/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, dns, networking, resolver.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph