david0718 / q

A tiny command line DNS client with support for UDP, TCP, DoT, DoH, DoQ and ODoH.

q

A tiny command line DNS client with support for UDP, TCP, DoT, DoH, DoQ, and ODoH.

Usage

Usage:
  q [OPTIONS] [@server] [type...] [name]

All long form (--) flags can be toggled with the dig-standard +[no]flag notation.

Application Options:
  -q, --qname=             Query name
  -s, --server=            DNS server
  -t, --type=              RR type
  -x, --reverse            Reverse lookup
  -d, --dnssec             Set the DO (DNSSEC OK) bit in the OPT record
  -n, --nsid               Set EDNS0 NSID opt
      --subnet=            Set EDNS0 client subnet
  -f, --format=            Output format (pretty, json, raw) (default: pretty)
  -c, --chaos              Use CHAOS query class
  -p, --odoh-proxy=        ODoH proxy
      --timeout=           Query timeout in seconds (default: 10)
      --pad                Set EDNS0 padding
      --aa                 Set AA (Authoritative Answer) flag in query
      --ad                 Set AD (Authentic Data) flag in query
      --cd                 Set CD (Checking Disabled) flag in query
      --rd                 Set RD (Recursion Desired) flag in query
      --ra                 Set RA (Recursion Available) flag in query
      --z                  Set Z (Zero) flag in query
  -i, --tls-no-verify      Disable TLS certificate verification
      --tls-min-version=   Minimum TLS version to use (default: 1.0)
      --tls-max-version=   Maximum TLS version to use (default: 1.3)
      --http-user-agent=   HTTP user agent
      --http-method=       HTTP method (default: GET)
      --quic-alpn-tokens=  QUIC ALPN tokens (default: doq, doq-i11)
      --quic-keep-alive    QUIC keep-alive
      --quic-no-pmtud      Disable QUIC PMTU discovery
      --quic-dial-timeout= QUIC dial timeout (default: 10)
      --quic-idle-timeout= QUIC stream open timeout (default: 10)
      --handshake-timeout= Handshake timeout (default: 10)
      --udp-buffer=        Set EDNS0 UDP size in query (default: 4096)
  -v, --verbose            Show verbose log messages
  -V, --version            Show version and exit

Help Options:
  -h, --help               Show this help message

Demo

Protocol Support

• UDP/TCP DNS (RFC 1034)
• DNS over TLS (RFC 7858)
• DNS over HTTPS (RFC 8484)
• DNS over QUIC (draft-ietf-dprive-dnsoquic-11)
• Oblivious DNS over HTTPS (draft-pauly-dprive-oblivious-doh-11)

Installation

q is available from my public package repositories, as a binary from releases, from the AUR as q-dns-git, or from source with git clone https://github.com/natesales/q && cd q && go build.