# lexicon mit Homebrew, Nix, apt installieren Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für lexicon in AI-Agent-Workflows. ## Installation ```sh sudo av install brew:lexicon ``` Weitere Installationsbefehle: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install lexicon ``` Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#lexicon ``` Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: lexicon from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix - Ubuntu apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install lexicon ``` Evidenz: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: lexicon from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz ## Paketfakten - **Paketschlüssel:** brew:lexicon - **Paketmanager:** Homebrew - **Paketmanager-Seite:** - **Version:** 3.25.2 - **Quellzusammenfassung:** Manipulate DNS records on various DNS providers in a standardized way - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Lizenz:** MIT - **Quellarchiv:** - **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-06-20T11:14:59Z - **Generiert:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00 ## Executables - lexicon (cli) - lexicon (Alias) ## Abhängigkeiten - certifi - cryptography - libyaml - python@3.14 ## Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken - libxml2 - libxslt ## Installationsverhalten - Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert - Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Version und Aktualität - Seite generiert: 2026-08-04 - Manager-Version: 3.25.2 - Manager aktualisiert: 2026-06-20 - lokale Daten: OK - Upstream-Repository: https://github.com/dns-lexicon/dns-lexicon - Info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung DNS-Lexicon, packaged by Homebrew as `lexicon`, is a CLI and Python library for manipulating DNS records through a provider-neutral interface. Its practical niche is automation: scripts and certificate clients can create TXT, A, CNAME, and other records without learning each DNS provider API. ### Projektgeschichte Lexicon began in the `AnalogJ/lexicon` repository, created on February 2, 2016. The original project described itself as a standardized way to manipulate DNS records across providers and accumulated a large provider-oriented ecosystem. The project moved to the `dns-lexicon/dns-lexicon` repository starting with version 3.20.0. The old repository README directs users and issue reporters to the new repository, while the DNS-Lexicon changelog records 3.20.0 on December 12, 2024 and subsequent 3.20.x/3.21.x releases in the new line. ### Adoptionsgeschichte Lexicon's adoption is tied to ACME DNS-01 automation. The PyPI project page for `dns-lexicon` version 2.1.22 stated that Lexicon was designed for automation, specifically Let's Encrypt, and the official docs include installation, Docker, configuration, provider options, integration, and developer-guide sections for adding providers. ### Wie es verwendet wird As a CLI, Lexicon takes a provider name followed by create, update, delete, or list operations for DNS records. As a library, it exposes the same idea to Python code through a common client/configuration layer. Credentials live in provider-specific configuration, so automation can swap DNS providers with less custom glue. ### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren Package nerds care about Lexicon because it is adapter glue packaged as a first-class tool. It turns dozens of vendor APIs into one command surface, making certificate automation, dynamic DNS workflows, and infrastructure scripts more portable. ### Zeitleiste - 2016: The original `AnalogJ/lexicon` repository was created on February 2, 2016. - 2019: DNS-Lexicon changelog entries show the 3.1.x and 3.2.x release line in active use. - 2024: Version 3.19.0 was released from the original repository on December 6, 2024. - 2024: Version 3.20.0 on December 12, 2024 marked the move to `dns-lexicon/dns-lexicon`. - 2026: The documentation changelog records 3.25.2 on May 10, 2026. ### Related projects - Lexicon is related to Let's Encrypt and ACME DNS-01 clients such as Certbot and dehydrated hooks. It also sits beside DNS automation tools such as lego, acme.sh integrations, octoDNS, and provider-specific DNS plugins. ### Quellen - - - - - - - - - ## Sicherheitshinweise Für lexicon wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat. ## 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: $CONFIG_DIR/lexicon.yml, $CONFIG_DIR/lexicon_.yml ## Credential files - Unix: $CONFIG_DIR/lexicon.yml, $CONFIG_DIR/lexicon_.yml ## Details aus der Quelldatenbank - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** lexicon - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 2 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge - Nix - lexicon: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: lexicon from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix - Ubuntu apt - lexicon - 3.17.0-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: lexicon from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | CLI for manipulating DNS records on various DNS providers | https://github.com/AnalogJ/lexicon - Ubuntu apt - python3-lexicon - 3.17.0-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-lexicon from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Manipulate DNS records on various DNS providers (Python 3) | https://github.com/AnalogJ/lexicon ## Verwandte Links - [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/de/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/de/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://pkg.so/de/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/de/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [python@3.14](https://pkg.so/de/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [octodns](https://pkg.so/de/brew/octodns/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: automation, cli, dns, networking. - [libidn2](https://pkg.so/de/brew/libidn2/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking. - [libidn](https://pkg.so/de/brew/libidn/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking. - [dnsmasq](https://pkg.so/de/brew/dnsmasq/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking. - [ldns](https://pkg.so/de/brew/ldns/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking. - [bind](https://pkg.so/de/brew/bind/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking. - [doggo](https://pkg.so/de/brew/doggo/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking. - [dnscrypt-proxy](https://pkg.so/de/brew/dnscrypt-proxy/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking. - [dnsviz](https://pkg.so/de/brew/dnsviz/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, cryptography, dns, networking, python. - [archgw](https://pkg.so/de/brew/archgw/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: certifi, cli, libyaml, networking, python. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/lexicon.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/lexicon.yml) ## Quellen - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - pkgdb category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph