install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install doge

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install doge

MacPorts ports tree · net/doge/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Fedora dnfverified · 92%

sudo dnf install doge

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · doge · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#doge

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/do/doge/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%

sudo pacman -S doge

Arch Linux sync databases · doge · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

overview

Package summary

Command-line DNS client

Project links

Commands and aliases

doge

history

Project history and usage

doge is a community-maintained continuation of the Rust DNS lookup tool dog, keeping the short, colorful CLI style while adding packaging and maintenance around a new executable name.

Project history

The current doge repository was created in February 2024 and describes itself as reviving a command-line DNS client forked from ogham/dog. Its README keeps the original dog-like usage model: quick hostname queries, record-type arguments, named resolvers, JSON output, and optional DNS-over-TLS or DNS-over-HTTPS transports.

The first GitHub release in the revived repository was v0.2.1-beta in February 2024, labeled as a return of the project, followed by stable-looking 0.2.x releases through v0.2.9 in August 2025.

Adoption history

doge is a small package-manager preservation story rather than a broad ecosystem tool. Its official README lists Homebrew, Cargo, and Arch-style installation routes, and the GitHub repository remains modest in size compared with its better-known predecessor dog and the Go reimplementation doggo.

How it is used

Users reach for doge as a friendlier dig-style DNS client: short command forms for A, MX, and other records, explicit nameserver selection, TCP/UDP/TLS/HTTPS transport switches, and JSON output for scripts.

Why package nerds care

doge matters mostly because it shows how beloved CLI tools survive after upstream momentum slows: a renamed fork, package-manager formulas, and a tiny maintenance community keep a useful command installable.

Timeline

2024: doge repository created as a revival/fork of ogham/dog.
2024: v0.2.1-beta published as the first GitHub release in the revived repository.
2025: v0.2.9 published, continuing the 0.2.x maintenance line.

Related projects

doge is directly related to ogham/dog, the Rust DNS client it forked from, and overlaps in purpose with doggo, dig, drill, and curl/doh.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: blue

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

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

text:client

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 3 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`doge`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version0.2.9

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.2.9

https://github.com/Dj-Codeman/dog_community

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:doge
Version	0.2.9
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/doge
Homepage	https://dog.ramfield.net/
Repository	https://github.com/Dj-Codeman/dog_community
Upstream docs	https://dog.ramfield.net/
License	EUPL-1.2
Source archive	https://github.com/Dj-Codeman/dog_community/archive/refs/tags/v0.2.9.tar.gz
Build dependencies	pandoc, pkgconf, rust
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	doge
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

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

doge

nix profile install nixpkgs#doge

normalized package name match
Matched by: Doge

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

dnf95%

doge 3.6.0-25.fc45

MOTD script based on the doge meme

https://github.com/thiderman/doge

sudo dnf install doge

License: MIT
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: noarch
Source Package: doge
2 dependencies
3 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Doge

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: doge from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

pacman95%

doge 3.8.0-2

doge meme motd script

https://github.com/thiderman/doge

sudo pacman -S doge

License: MIT
Architecture: any
1 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Doge

Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: doge from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

MacPorts95%

doge

sudo port install doge

normalized package name match
Matched by: Doge

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

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/doge.yml

Used sources

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

Install doge with Homebrew, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman