# AnalogJ/lexicon

Manipulate DNS records on various DNS providers in a standardized way.

Repository: https://github.com/AnalogJ/lexicon
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/lexicon
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: dns-service, letsencrypt, cli, lexicon, dns-provider, ssl-certificate, cloudxns, digitalocean, dns, dnspod, gandi, transip, yandex, vultr, cloudflare, pypi, clouddns, constellix, dnsimple, godaddy
Last push: 2024-12-19T16:44:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3865, "days_push": 622, "days_rel": 635, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1525, forks 296 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:58.339722+00:00)

## What it is
Lexicon is a Python CLI tool and library that manipulates DNS records across many DNS providers through a standardized, provider-agnostic interface. It is commonly used to automate DNS-01 challenges for Let's Encrypt SSL certificate issuance.

## Use cases
- manipulate dns records on multiple providers from the command line
- automate letsencrypt dns-01 challenge for ssl certificates
- create and delete dns txt records programmatically
- manage dns across cloudflare, digitalocean, godaddy with one tool
- script dns record updates in ci/cd pipelines
- use as a python library to abstract dns provider apis

## When to choose
- you need a single uniform interface for dns record operations across many providers
- you are automating certificate issuance with dns-based acme challenges
- you want to script dns changes without learning each provider's api

## When to avoid
- you only use one dns provider and prefer its native api or terraform provider
- you need full dns zone management beyond record manipulation
- you need a web ui rather than a cli/library

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, developer-tools, networking, workflow-automation
- domain: networking, developer-tools, self-hosted
- platform: python, cli, cross-platform
- tags: dns, dns-providers, letsencrypt, ssl-certificates, dns-records, cloudflare, acme, command-line, automation

## Member repositories
- AnalogJ/lexicon (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:58.339722+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 2026-08-30T04:31:38.430716+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/AnalogJ/lexicon (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:58.339722+00:00, sha ab136c0d1048)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.