# Install godns with Homebrew, Nix

Dynamic DNS client with multiple providers support. Version 3.4.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#godns.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:godns
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install godns
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#godns
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/go/godns/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:godns
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 3.4.3
- **Source summary:** Dynamic DNS client with multiple providers support
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/TimothyYe/godns>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/TimothyYe/godns>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-26T03:38:44Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- godns (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 3.4.3
## Project history and usage

GoDNS is a self-hosted dynamic DNS client that watches a host's public address and updates DNS records through a range of provider APIs.

### Project history

The project describes itself as a Go rewrite of Timothy Ye's earlier open-source DynDNS project. It later added a built-in web panel and support for configuring multiple DNS providers in one file.

### Adoption history

GoDNS is distributed as release binaries, a Docker image, and a Homebrew formula, and it supports machines ranging from desktops and servers to routers and Raspberry Pi-class Linux devices.

### How it is used

Operators copy a sample JSON or YAML configuration, add domains and provider credentials, and run godns with the configuration beside the executable or select it explicitly with the -c option.

### Why package nerds care

For package users, GoDNS packages a traditionally daemon-like DDNS job as a single cross-platform Go executable while retaining container and service-oriented deployment options.

### Related projects

- DynDNS
- DuckDNS
- Cloudflare DNS

### Sources

- Official GoDNS README: https://github.com/TimothyYe/godns#readme
- Official multi-provider guide: https://github.com/TimothyYe/godns/blob/master/MULTI_PROVIDER.md


## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for godns. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.



## 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.json, ./config.yaml
- Windows: .\config.json, .\config.yaml

## Credential files

- Unix: ./config.json, ./config.yaml
- Windows: .\config.json, .\config.yaml
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - godns: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/go/godns/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/godns.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/godns.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph