# mr-karan/doggo

:dog: Command-line DNS Client for Humans. Written in Golang

Repository: https://github.com/mr-karan/doggo
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/doggo
Homepage: https://doggo.mrkaran.dev/
Language: Go
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: dns, dns-client, doh
Last push: 2026-08-19T14:08:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 96, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2093, "days_push": 14, "days_rel": 26, "gap_med": 28, "n_releases_24m": 12}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4444, forks 144 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:50.371235+00:00)

## What it is
doggo is a modern command-line DNS client for humans, written in Go and inspired by the Rust tool 'dog'. It supports multiple DNS transport protocols (DoH, DoT, DoQ, DNSCrypt, UDP, TCP) with human-readable and JSON output.

## Use cases
- look up DNS records for a domain from the terminal
- query DNS over HTTPS instead of plain UDP
- get JSON DNS output for scripting and parsing
- perform reverse DNS lookups on IP addresses
- test DNS resolvers with EDNS options like client subnet
- replace dig with a friendlier DNS client

## When to choose
- you need a human-friendly dig alternative with color-coded output
- you want to test DoH, DoT, DoQ, or DNSCrypt resolvers
- you need scriptable JSON DNS query results
- you want a single cross-platform static binary with no dependencies

## When to avoid
- you need a full DNS server or recursive resolver
- you require zone transfers or advanced dig features like batch zone analysis
- you need a GUI-first DNS debugging tool

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: http-client, cli, developer-tools, networking
- domain: networking, developer-tools, security
- platform: windows, bsd, cross-platform, cli, go
- tags: dns-client, dns-over-https, dns-over-tls, dns-over-quic, dnscrypt, dig-alternative, -output, reverse-dns, command-line, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- mr-karan/doggo (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:50.371235+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:20:48.750589+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mr-karan/doggo (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:50.371235+00:00, sha 1759bc8f9b44)
  - homepage: https://doggo.mrkaran.dev/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:07:53.158031+00:00, sha 52798c9de48f)
  - site_page: https://doggo.mrkaran.dev/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T09:07:53.167167+00:00, sha 684e08ceb424)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.