# Install ctrld with Homebrew Highly configurable, multi-protocol DNS forwarding proxy. Version 1.5.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:ctrld ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install ctrld ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:ctrld - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.5.3 - **Source summary:** Highly configurable, multi-protocol DNS forwarding proxy - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T10:25:39Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - ctrld (cli) - ctrld (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: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.5.3 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-22 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/Control-D-Inc/ctrld - Upstream latest detected: v1.5.3 (current) ## Project history and usage ctrld is Control D's open-source command-line daemon for running a local DNS proxy and forwarding service on routers, servers, and client machines. ### Project history Control D documents ctrld as an open-source daemon developed to make onboarding possible on many device types. The public GitHub repository describes it as a highly configurable, multi-protocol DNS forwarding proxy and was created in late 2022. ### Adoption history The official documentation frames adoption around network operators, users who need secure DNS on devices without native support, split-horizon DNS deployments, roaming clients, and router-style installations. ### How it is used Typical use is to install ctrld as a local service, point a device or LAN at it for DNS, and configure Control D resolver behavior through generated or local TOML configuration. ### Why package nerds care For package managers, ctrld is a small but operationally important DNS daemon: it ships a single CLI/service binary, has persistent configuration paths, and bridges a hosted DNS control plane with local Unix-like service management. ### Timeline - 2022: Public Control-D-Inc/ctrld repository created. - 2020s: Control D documents ctrld as the command-line daemon for router, LAN, and roaming-client DNS deployments. ### Related projects - Control D, secure DNS protocols, DNS-over-HTTPS, DNS-over-TLS, local DNS forwarders. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: /etc/controld/ctrld.toml, ./ctrld.toml, ./config.toml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** ctrld - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ddclient](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ddclient/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, daemon, dns, networking. - [dnscrypt-proxy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dnscrypt-proxy/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking, proxy. - [dnscrypt-wrapper](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dnscrypt-wrapper/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking, proxy. - [glider](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/glider/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking, proxy. - [knot](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/knot/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, daemon, dns, networking. - [knot-resolver](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/knot-resolver/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, daemon, dns, networking. - [nsd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nsd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, daemon, dns, networking. - [adns](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/adns/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking. - [chinadns-c](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/chinadns-c/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, dns, forwarder, networking. - [ocproxy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ocproxy/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, forwarding, networking, proxy. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ctrld.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/ctrld.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph