# CNSRE/HTTPDNSLib

Repository: https://github.com/CNSRE/HTTPDNSLib
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/httpdnslib
Language: Java
License Family: other
Last push: 2015-11-26T03:43:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4067, "days_push": 3933, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1202, forks 272 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:58.380819+00:00)

## What it is
An Android HTTPDNS library developed by the mobile Weibo team that resolves domain names to IP addresses over HTTP instead of traditional UDP DNS, with built-in caching and preloading. It is intended to be embedded as source code in Android apps to bypass DNS hijacking and improve request reliability.

## Use cases
- resolve domains via httpdns on android
- avoid dns hijacking in mobile apps
- cache dns lookups in an android app
- preload domain ip records at app startup
- get sorted A records for a url in java

## When to choose
- building an Android app that needs HTTP-based DNS resolution with caching
- you want to embed a lightweight httpdns client as source code

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained library with recent updates or packaged artifacts
- targeting iOS or non-Android platforms
- you need a jar/aar dependency rather than source integration

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: networking, caching, sdk
- domain: networking, mobile-development, android-tools, developer-tools
- platform: jvm
- tags: httpdns, dns-resolution, dns-cache, android-library, weibo, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- CNSRE/HTTPDNSLib (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:58.380819+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 2026-08-30T06:20:33.788592+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/CNSRE/HTTPDNSLib (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:58.380819+00:00, sha 7dd5a5cb4c93)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.