Alternatives to doggo
Look up DNS records with a readable command-line client. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
doggo
Look up DNS records with a readable command-line client.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as doggo.
BIND 9
Open-source DNS server software from ISC that also provides the dig command-line query tool.
BIND 9 ships dig, the standard DNS troubleshooting tool, as part of the larger ISC DNS server package, without doggo's encrypted transports listed.
dnsx
Query DNS records in bulk from the command line.
dnsx is an MIT-licensed command-line tool for querying DNS records in bulk with custom resolvers, suited to many hosts rather than readable single lookups.
q
A small command-line DNS client supporting UDP, TCP, DoT, DoH, DoQ, ODoH and DNSCrypt.
q is another GPL-3.0 terminal DNS client that adds ODoH, DNSCrypt, recursive AXFR and IP whois lookups, but it has no Windows build and its flags differ from dig.
Google Admin Toolbox Dig
Google's free web-based DNS lookup tool that queries a domain's records and shows the results.
Google Admin Toolbox Dig runs DNS lookups in the browser with nothing to install, but queries come from Google's side and it has fewer options.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
DNSChecker
A web tool that checks DNS propagation by querying public resolvers in many countries.
DNSViz
An open-source tool suite that visualizes DNS zones and the DNSSEC authentication chain.
DNSsy
A free website that tests a domain's DNS health and offers live DNS, reverse, WHOIS and ping lookups.
intoDNS
A free web tool that checks a domain's DNS and mail server health and configuration.
ViewDNS.info
A web collection of more than 20 DNS, IP and domain lookup tools, with a paid API.
dnsproxy
A simple DNS proxy server supporting DNS-over-TLS, DNS-over-HTTPS, DNSCrypt and DNS-over-QUIC.
