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Install doge with Homebrew, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman

Command-line DNS client. Version 0.2.9 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#doge.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install doge

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install doge

MacPorts ports tree · net/doge/Portfile · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Command-line DNS client

Commands and aliases

  • doge

history

Project history and usage

doge is a community-maintained continuation of the Rust DNS lookup tool dog, keeping the short, colorful CLI style while adding packaging and maintenance around a new executable name.

Project history

The current doge repository was created in February 2024 and describes itself as reviving a command-line DNS client forked from ogham/dog. Its README keeps the original dog-like usage model: quick hostname queries, record-type arguments, named resolvers, JSON output, and optional DNS-over-TLS or DNS-over-HTTPS transports.

The first GitHub release in the revived repository was v0.2.1-beta in February 2024, labeled as a return of the project, followed by stable-looking 0.2.x releases through v0.2.9 in August 2025.

Adoption history

doge is a small package-manager preservation story rather than a broad ecosystem tool. Its official README lists Homebrew, Cargo, and Arch-style installation routes, and the GitHub repository remains modest in size compared with its better-known predecessor dog and the Go reimplementation doggo.

How it is used

Users reach for doge as a friendlier dig-style DNS client: short command forms for A, MX, and other records, explicit nameserver selection, TCP/UDP/TLS/HTTPS transport switches, and JSON output for scripts.

Why package nerds care

doge matters mostly because it shows how beloved CLI tools survive after upstream momentum slows: a renamed fork, package-manager formulas, and a tiny maintenance community keep a useful command installable.

Timeline

  • 2024: doge repository created as a revival/fork of ogham/dog.
  • 2024: v0.2.1-beta published as the first GitHub release in the revived repository.
  • 2025: v0.2.9 published, continuing the 0.2.x maintenance line.

Related projects

  • doge is directly related to ogham/dog, the Rust DNS client it forked from, and overlaps in purpose with doggo, dig, drill, and curl/doh.

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

  • text:client

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
dogeexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03
manager version0.2.9
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:doge
Version0.2.9
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://dog.ramfield.net/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/Dj-Codeman/dog_community
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

doge

nix profile install nixpkgs#doge
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Doge
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/do/doge/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
dnf95%

doge 3.6.0-26.fc45

MOTD script based on the doge meme

https://github.com/thiderman/doge

sudo dnf install doge
  • License: MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: doge
  • 2 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Doge
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: doge from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
pacman95%

doge 3.8.0-2

doge meme motd script

https://github.com/thiderman/doge

sudo pacman -S doge
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: any
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Doge
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: doge from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
MacPorts95%

doge

sudo port install doge
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Doge
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: net/doge/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • pkg.so package database
  • pkgdb category and tag curation