# basecamp/xip-pdns

PowerDNS pipe backend adapter powering xip.io

Repository: https://github.com/basecamp/xip-pdns
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/xip-pdns
Homepage: http://xip.io/
Language: Shell
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2021-10-30T12:57:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4327, "days_push": 1768, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1146, forks 181 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:45.761029+00:00)

## What it is
A PowerDNS pipe backend adapter written in Shell that powered xip.io, a wildcard DNS service resolving any hostname containing an IP address to that IP. It lets you run your own xip-style service by plugging into PowerDNS's pipe backend.

## Use cases
- run my own wildcard DNS service like xip.io
- resolve 127.0.0.1.nip.io style hostnames to IPs locally
- set up a custom DNS backend for PowerDNS
- test webhooks on domains that map to arbitrary IPs
- self-host a dynamic IP-to-hostname DNS resolver

## When to choose
- you already run PowerDNS and want wildcard IP-in-hostname resolution
- you need a self-hosted alternative to xip.io/nip.io
- you want a minimal, scriptable DNS backend adapter

## When to avoid
- you need a full-featured authoritative DNS server
- you want a maintained service - xip.io itself has been retired
- you need DNSSEC or advanced DNS features

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: maintenance
- function: networking, http-server
- domain: networking, developer-tools, web-development
- platform: self-hosted, cli
- tags: dns, powerdns, wildcard-dns, xip-io, pipe-backend, shell, linux

## Member repositories
- basecamp/xip-pdns (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:45.761029+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 2026-08-30T06:34:10.044583+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/basecamp/xip-pdns (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:45.761029+00:00, sha 3632a3c85468)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.