# Install doge with Homebrew, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman Command-line DNS client. Version 0.2.9 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:doge ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install doge ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install doge ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/doge/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install doge ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: doge 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#doge ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/do/doge/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S doge ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: doge from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:doge - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.2.9 - **Source summary:** Command-line DNS client - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** EUPL-1.2 - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - doge (cli) - doge (alias) ## Build dependencies - pandoc - pkgconf - rust ## 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: 0.2.9 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/Dj-Codeman/dog_community - Upstream latest detected: v0.2.9 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## 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 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:** doge - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - doge: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/do/doge/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - dnf - doge - 3.6.0-25.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: doge from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | MOTD script based on the doge meme | https://github.com/thiderman/doge - pacman - doge - 3.8.0-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: doge from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | doge meme motd script | https://github.com/thiderman/doge - MacPorts - doge: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/doge/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [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. - [Security and crypto packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/security-crypto-tools/) - Matched security, identity, cryptography, password, signing, or certificate metadata. - [pandoc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pandoc/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [doggo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/doggo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, dns-client, dns-over-https, networking. - [doh](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/doh/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, dns-over-https, networking. - [stubby](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/stubby/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, dns-over-tls, networking. - [adns](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/adns/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking. - [aliddns](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aliddns/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking. - [bind](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bind/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking. - [c-ares](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/c-ares/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking. - [cdncheck](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cdncheck/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/doge.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/doge.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