# Install dnsmap with Homebrew, apt, dnf, Nix Passive DNS network mapper (a.k.a. subdomains bruteforcer). Version 0.36 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:dnsmap ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install dnsmap ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install dnsmap ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: dnsmap from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install dnsmap ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: dnsmap from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#dnsmap ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/dn/dnsmap/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:dnsmap - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.36 - **Source summary:** Passive DNS network mapper (a.k.a. subdomains bruteforcer) - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - dnsmap (cli) - dnsmap-bulk (cli) - dnsmap (alias) - dnsmap-bulk (alias) ## Build dependencies - autoconf - automake ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.36 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/resurrecting-open-source-projects/dnsmap - Upstream latest detected: 0.36 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage dnsmap is a command-line DNS network mapper and subdomain brute-forcer. It is part of the older web-application reconnaissance tradition where small C tools enumerated likely hostnames from wordlists. ### Project history The maintained GitHub repository identifies dnsmap as a resurrected open-source project and preserves the classic dnsmap and dnsmap-bulk tools. Its README describes the utility as a passive DNS network mapper, also known as a subdomains brute-forcer. dnsmap predates the wave of Go and Python recon frameworks; its appeal was that it was small, scriptable, and close to the Unix style of running a focused tool against a domain and capturing the output. ### Adoption history dnsmap has stronger package-manager persistence than many small recon tools. It appears in Homebrew, Debian and Ubuntu, Fedora/DNF, and Nix, which suggests a long tail of security-training, lab, and audit usage even after newer enumeration tools appeared. ### How it is used Users run dnsmap against a target domain with a wordlist to discover hostnames that resolve. dnsmap-bulk extends that workflow to multiple domains, making the package useful in older penetration-testing scripts and quick DNS inventory passes. ### Why package nerds care dnsmap matters as a preserved recon artifact: package managers keep a small, older DNS brute-forcer installable because it is easy to audit, easy to script, and still teaches the shape of subdomain-enumeration workflows. ### Timeline - 2000s: dnsmap circulates as a compact DNS mapping and subdomain brute-force utility. - 2010s: Linux security distributions and general-purpose package managers continue carrying dnsmap. - 2020s: The resurrecting-open-source-projects repository keeps the source available for modern packaging. ### Related projects - Related tools include dnsgen for candidate generation, massdns and other high-speed resolvers for checking large candidate sets, and broader reconnaissance frameworks that automate subdomain discovery. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes 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:** dnsmap - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - dnsmap - 0.36-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: dnsmap from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | DNS domain name brute forcing tool | https://github.com/resurrecting-open-source-projects/dnsmap - Nix - dnsmap: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/dn/dnsmap/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - dnsmap - 0.36-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: dnsmap from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | DNS domain name brute forcing tool | https://github.com/resurrecting-open-source-projects/dnsmap - dnf - dnsmap - 0.36-8.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: dnsmap from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Sub-domains bruteforcer | https://github.com/resurrecting-open-source-projects/dnsmap ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [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. - [autoconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/autoconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [automake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/automake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [dnsgen](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dnsgen/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, reconnaissance, security, security-testing. - [findomain](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/findomain/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, reconnaissance, security, subdomain-enumeration. - [shuffledns](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/shuffledns/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, reconnaissance, security, subdomain-enumeration. - [chaos-client](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/chaos-client/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, reconnaissance, security, subdomain-enumeration. - [scilla](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/scilla/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, reconnaissance, security, subdomain-enumeration. - [dnstwist](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dnstwist/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, security. - [fierce](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fierce/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, reconnaissance, security. - [subfinder](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/subfinder/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, reconnaissance, security, subdomain-enumeration. - [urlfinder](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/urlfinder/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: cli, enumeration, reconnaissance, security, subdomain. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/dnsmap.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/dnsmap.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph