install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install dstp

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#dstp

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

overview

Package summary

Run common networking tests against your site

Project links

Commands and aliases

dstp

history

Project history and usage

dstp is a small Go CLI for running common network checks against a site, including address, DNS, ping, TLS, and HTTPS-oriented diagnostics. It is a package-manager-friendly utility in the tradition of tiny command-line probes for answering 'is the site reachable, and where is it failing?'

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in November 2021. The README says the motivation came from a Lobsters discussion about diagnosing DNS-related failures, then shaped that idea into a compact command with plaintext or JSON output.

The release history was concentrated around late 2021, with v0.1.0 through v0.4.0 appearing in November, and later maintenance releases leading to v0.4.23 in January 2025.

Adoption history

The README documents Homebrew, Go install, Nix, Arch AUR, and GitHub release downloads for macOS, Linux, and Windows. Homebrew packages v0.4.23 from the GitHub release tag.

Evidence for broad adoption is limited, but its presence in Homebrew and Nix shows the kind of small diagnostic binary that package sets include because it is cheap to package and useful during incident triage.

How it is used

Users run `dstp --addr` with a URL or IP address and can request plaintext or JSON output, set ping packet counts and timeouts, choose a port for TLS and HTTPS tests, and use a custom DNS server for resolution.

The tool has no documented config file or credential store; it is meant to be driven entirely by command-line options.

Why package nerds care

dstp is interesting mostly as a small Go networking tool with multi-platform release artifacts and package-manager coverage. It illustrates how a single-purpose diagnostic idea can become a normal `brew install` command without a large ecosystem around it.

Its name also collides with the `docker stop` alias in some oh-my-zsh setups, a small but very package-nerd detail documented by the upstream README.

Timeline

2021-11: The dstp GitHub repository is created.
2021-11: GitHub releases publish v0.1.0 through v0.4.0.
2025-01: GitHub releases and Homebrew package v0.4.23.

Related projects

Go is the implementation and source-install path documented by the README.
Nix and Arch AUR are documented as alternate package channels.
Docker and oh-my-zsh are relevant only because the README documents a command alias collision with `dstp`.

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:network

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 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
`dstp`	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 version0.4.23

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.4.23

https://github.com/ycd/dstp

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:dstp
Version	0.4.23
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/dstp
Homepage	https://github.com/ycd/dstp
Repository	https://github.com/ycd/dstp
Upstream docs	https://github.com/ycd/dstp#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/ycd/dstp/archive/refs/tags/v0.4.23.tar.gz
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, 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	dstp
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

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%

dstp

nix profile install nixpkgs#dstp

normalized package name match
Matched by: Dstp

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ds/dstp/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/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/dstp.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

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