# Installer lexicon avec Homebrew, Nix, apt

Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de lexicon pour les workflows d'agents IA.

## installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:lexicon
```

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install lexicon
```

  Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#lexicon
```

  Preuve: 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
```

  Preuve: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: lexicon from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

## Faits du paquet

- **Clé du paquet:** brew:lexicon
- **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew
- **Page du gestionnaire de paquets:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/lexicon>
- **Version:** 3.25.2
- **Résumé source:** Manipulate DNS records on various DNS providers in a standardized way
- **Page d'accueil:** <https://github.com/dns-lexicon/dns-lexicon>
- **Dépôt:** <https://github.com/dns-lexicon/dns-lexicon>
- **Licence:** MIT
- **Archive source:** <https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/4b/37/291063606930c749681b2ad0612952b1bc5374ab2037346566812ba8f2c9/dns_lexicon-3.25.2.tar.gz>
- **Dernière mise à jour:** 2026-06-20T11:14:59Z
- **Généré:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## exécutables

- lexicon (cli)
- lexicon (alias)

## Dépendances

- certifi
- cryptography
- libyaml
- python@3.14

## Bibliothèques fournies par macOS

- libxml2
- libxslt

## Comportement d'installation

- hook post-installation: non défini
- Bouteille: disponible sur arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Version et fraîcheur

- page générée: 2026-08-04
- version du gestionnaire: 3.25.2
- gestionnaire mis à jour: 2026-06-20
- données locales: OK
- dépôt amont: https://github.com/dns-lexicon/dns-lexicon
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.
## Historique du projet et usages

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.

### Historique du projet

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.

### Historique d'adoption

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.

### Modes d'utilisation

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.

### Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

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.

### Chronologie

- 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.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/AnalogJ/lexicon>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/dns-lexicon/dns-lexicon>
- <https://dns-lexicon.github.io/dns-lexicon/>
- <https://dns-lexicon.github.io/dns-lexicon/changelog.html>
- <https://dns-lexicon.github.io/dns-lexicon/user_guide.html>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/lexicon>
- <https://github.com/AnalogJ/lexicon>
- <https://github.com/dns-lexicon/dns-lexicon>
- <https://pypi.org/project/dns-lexicon/2.1.22/>


## Notes de sécurité

Aucun manifest local de gestion des secrets correspondant n'a été trouvé pour lexicon. Les métadonnées de paquet restent publiées ici afin que la couverture future dispose d'une URL stable.



## 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_<provider>.yml

## Credential files

- Unix: $CONFIG_DIR/lexicon.yml, $CONFIG_DIR/lexicon_<provider>.yml
## Détails de la base source

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** lexicon
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 2
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

- 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


## Liens liés

- [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/fr/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/fr/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Language runtime packages](https://pkg.so/fr/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/fr/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [python@3.14](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [octodns](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/octodns/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: automation, cli, dns, networking.
- [libidn2](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/libidn2/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking.
- [libidn](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/libidn/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking.
- [dnsmasq](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/dnsmasq/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking.
- [ldns](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/ldns/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking.
- [bind](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/bind/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking.
- [doggo](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/doggo/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking.
- [dnscrypt-proxy](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/dnscrypt-proxy/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking.
- [dnsviz](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/dnsviz/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, cryptography, dns, networking, python.
- [archgw](https://pkg.so/fr/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)


## Sources

- 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
