# Install sdns with Homebrew, winget

Privacy important, fast, recursive dns resolver server with dnssec support. Version 1.7.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-26.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:sdns
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install sdns
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Windows

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id Texnomic.SecureDNS-Terminal -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Texnomic.SecureDNS-Terminal from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:sdns
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/sdns>
- **Version:** 1.7.2
- **Source summary:** Privacy important, fast, recursive dns resolver server with dnssec support
- **Homepage:** <https://sdns.dev/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/semihalev/sdns>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/semihalev/sdns#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/semihalev/sdns/archive/refs/tags/v1.7.2.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-26T01:23:58Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- sdns (cli)
- sdns (alias)

## Build dependencies

- go

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Service: declared
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 1.7.2
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-26
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/semihalev/sdns
- Upstream latest detected: v1.7.2 (current)

## Security Notes

formula declares a Homebrew service.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- formula declares a Homebrew service


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: /sdns.conf
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** sdns
- **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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- winget - Texnomic.SecureDNS-Terminal: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Texnomic.SecureDNS-Terminal from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## 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.
- [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [bind](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bind/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, dnssec, networking, server.
- [coredns](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/coredns/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, go, networking, server.
- [dnscrypt-proxy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dnscrypt-proxy/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking, privacy.
- [dnscrypt-wrapper](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dnscrypt-wrapper/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking, privacy, server.
- [dnsviz](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dnsviz/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, dnssec, networking.
- [doggo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/doggo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, go, networking.
- [getdns](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/getdns/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, dnssec, networking.
- [hickory-dns](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hickory-dns/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking, server.
- [pdnsrec](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pdnsrec/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, dns, networking, recursive, recursive-resolver.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/sdns.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/sdns.yml)


## Sources

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