# Install q with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, scoop, winget

Tiny command-line DNS client with support for UDP, TCP, DoT, DoH, DoQ and ODoH. Version 0.19.12 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#q.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:q
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install q
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install q
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: lang/q/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#q
```

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

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/q
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/q.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id natesales.q -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: natesales.q from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:q
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.19.12
- **Source summary:** Tiny command-line DNS client with support for UDP, TCP, DoT, DoH, DoQ and ODoH
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/natesales/q>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/natesales/q>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-26T00:37:35+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- q (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.19.12

## Security Notes

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

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - q: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/q/q/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - q: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: lang/q/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/q: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/q.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - natesales.q: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: natesales.q from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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