# Install octodns with Homebrew, Nix Tools for managing DNS across multiple providers. Version 1.20.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:octodns ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install octodns ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#octodns ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/oc/octodns/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:octodns - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.20.0 - **Source summary:** Tools for managing DNS across multiple providers - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T23:50:46Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - octodns-compare (cli) - octodns-dump (cli) - octodns-report (cli) - octodns-schema (cli) - octodns-sync (cli) - octodns-validate (cli) - octodns-versions (cli) - octodns-compare (alias) - octodns-dump (alias) - octodns-report (alias) - octodns-schema (alias) - octodns-sync (alias) - octodns-validate (alias) - octodns-versions (alias) ## Dependencies - libyaml - python@3.14 ## 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: 1.20.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-22 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/octodns/octodns - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage octoDNS is a Python "DNS as code" toolchain for representing DNS zones in version-controlled configuration and synchronizing them to one or more DNS providers. Its package-nerd identity is unusually clear: it turns mutable provider control panels into reviewable, repeatable infrastructure artifacts. ### Project history The public GitHub repository was created on 2017-03-14, and the README credits Ross McFarland and Joe Williams as the project designers and authors. GitHub announced OctoDNS on 2017-04-27 in a post about split-authority DNS, explaining that GitHub wanted one system to manage internal and external DNS records and keep zones synchronized across multiple providers. The project evolved around pluggable providers and a CLI workflow: zone files are read from sources, compared with provider state, and then applied by commands such as octodns-sync after review. ### Adoption history GitHub's own 2017 writeup is the strongest early adoption signal: it described dozens of zones and thousands of records being managed through GitHub Flow, dry-run previews, and deployment tooling. Homebrew and Nix packaging later made the CLI available as a normal developer workstation package. ### How it is used Operators use octoDNS by storing YAML zone data and a provider mapping in a repository, running comparison or validation commands, reviewing the plan, and applying changes to targets such as Route53 or Dyn. The same workflow also supports split-authority DNS, where identical records must be maintained across more than one authoritative provider. ### Why package nerds care octoDNS matters because it treats DNS records like source code without requiring teams to standardize on a single DNS vendor. For package indexers it is a clean example of an operations tool whose executables, provider plugins, and configuration model are the product. ### Timeline - 2017-03-14: public GitHub repository created. - 2017-04-27: GitHub published its split-authority DNS article announcing OctoDNS and describing its internal DNS workflow. - 2026-07-01: GitHub API metadata showed the repository under the octodns organization, MIT licensed, with Python as the primary language. ### Related projects - The project has provider packages for DNS services such as Cloudflare and Azure, and it fits the same infrastructure-as-code family as Terraform-style DNS management while keeping a DNS-specific comparison and synchronization model. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for octodns. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** octodns - **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 - Nix - octodns: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/oc/octodns/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family. - [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. - [python@3.14](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [lexicon](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lexicon/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, dns, 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. - [checkdmarc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/checkdmarc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking. - [chinadns-c](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/chinadns-c/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking. - [dnsviz](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dnsviz/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, dns, networking, python, python-3-14. - [ctrld](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ctrld/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, dns, multi, networking. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/octodns.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/octodns.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