smartdns mit Homebrew, apt, Nix, pacman installieren

Projektlinks

• Homepage

Befehle und Aliase

• smartdns

Projektgeschichte

The upstream SmartDNS project documents the core design: accept local DNS queries, ask multiple upstream DNS servers, test or select the fastest reachable address, and return that result. SmartDNS-rs states that it was inspired by the C SmartDNS project and was written because the original was mainly Linux-oriented while the Rust version targets Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android Termux with compatible configuration.

Adoptionsgeschichte

SmartDNS-rs gained package-manager visibility through Homebrew as `smartdns`, with the README documenting `brew install smartdns` and service startup through Homebrew services. The supplied package metadata also records packages in Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, and Nix, which places it beyond a single-platform GitHub binary.

Wie es verwendet wird

Typical use is as a local DNS daemon, often listening on port 53, configured with upstream DoH, DoT, DoQ, or DoH3 resolvers and domain-specific rules. The README shows running it with `smartdns run -c ./smartdns.conf -v`, installing it as a service, and using `dig` CHAOS TXT diagnostics for server/client information.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Package maintainers care because SmartDNS-rs combines DNS daemon behavior, privileged port binding, service integration, cross-platform binaries, and Rust dependency management in one formula. It is also a small example of a C networking utility being reworked for broader package-manager portability.

Zeitleiste

• 2022: First GitHub release of smartdns-rs, 0.1.3, was published.
• 2020s: README documents Homebrew installation and cross-platform service management.
• 2020s: The Rust version documents compatibility with the original C SmartDNS configuration model.

Related projects

• The README names the original C SmartDNS project as inspiration and Hickory DNS as a dependency or code source. It also positions the tool near dnsmasq-like local DNS servers.

Quellen

• GitHub releases API for mokeyish/smartdns-rs: first published release 0.1.3 on 2022-12-04.
• https://github.com/mokeyish/smartdns-rs README: description, C SmartDNS inspiration, cross-platform rationale, install and usage examples.
• https://pymumu.github.io/smartdns/en/: original SmartDNS design, fastest-IP behavior, platform and protocol support.
• input source_facts.package-manager: Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Nix, and Arch package names.