# Install sdns with Homebrew, winget

Privacy important, fast, recursive dns resolver server with dnssec support. Version 1.7.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-19. Also installable with winget: winget install --id Texnomic.SecureDNS-Terminal -e.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:sdns
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install sdns
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Windows

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id Texnomic.SecureDNS-Terminal -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Texnomic.SecureDNS-Terminal from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:sdns
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.7.3
- **Source summary:** Privacy important, fast, recursive dns resolver server with dnssec support
- **Homepage:** <https://sdns.dev/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/semihalev/sdns>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-19T21:11:29Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- sdns (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.7.3

## Security Notes

formula declares a Homebrew service.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- formula declares a Homebrew service


## 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: /sdns.conf
## Other Package-Manager Records

- winget - Texnomic.SecureDNS-Terminal: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Texnomic.SecureDNS-Terminal from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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