# Install nextdns

CLI for NextDNS's DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH). Version 1.47.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-03.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:nextdns
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install nextdns
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install nextdns
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/nextdns/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#nextdns
```

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

### Windows

- Chocolatey (92%):

```sh
choco install nextdns
```

  Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: nextdns from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','navfree'

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/nextdns
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/nextdns.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id NextDNS.NextDNS -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: NextDNS.NextDNS from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:nextdns
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/nextdns>
- **Version:** 1.47.3
- **Source summary:** CLI for NextDNS's DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH)
- **Homepage:** <https://nextdns.io>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/nextdns/nextdns>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/nextdns/nextdns/wiki>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/nextdns/nextdns/archive/refs/tags/v1.47.3.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-03T19:41:47Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- nextdns (cli)
- nextdns (alias)

## Build Dependencies

- go

## Install Behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 1.47.3
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-03
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/nextdns/nextdns
- Upstream latest detected: v1.47.3 (current)

## Sicherheitshinweise

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Source Database Details

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - nextdns: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ne/nextdns/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - nextdns: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/nextdns/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Chocolatey - nextdns: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: nextdns from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','navfree'
- Scoop - main/nextdns: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/nextdns.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - NextDNS.NextDNS: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: NextDNS.NextDNS from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


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- [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider.
- [go](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [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.
- [q](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/q/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, doh, networking.
- [knot-resolver](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/knot-resolver/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking, resolver.
- [ldns](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/ldns/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking.
- [bind](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/bind/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking.
- [whois](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/whois/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking.
- [knot](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/knot/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking.
- [doh](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/doh/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, dns, dns-over-https, doh, https.
- [doge](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/doge/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, dns, dns-over-https, https, networking.

## 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
