q

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q

A tiny and feature-rich 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 (e.g. A, AAAA, MX, etc.) or type integer
  -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
  -c, --chaos              Use CHAOS query class
  -p, --odoh-proxy=        ODoH proxy
      --timeout=           Query timeout in seconds (default: 10)
      --pad                Set EDNS0 padding
  -f, --format=            Output format (pretty, json, yaml, raw) (default: pretty)
      --pretty-ttls        Format TTLs in human readable format (default: true)
      --color              Enable color output
      --question           Show question section
      --answer             Show answer section (default: true)
      --authority          Show authority section
      --additional         Show additional section
      --stats              Show time statistics
      --all                Show all sections and statistics
      --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 (default: true)
      --ra                 Set RA (Recursion Available) flag in query
      --z                  Set Z (Zero) flag in query
      --t                  Set TC (Truncated) 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: 1232)
  -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-12)
• Oblivious DNS over HTTPS (draft-pauly-dprive-oblivious-doh-11)

Installation

q is available in binary form from:

• my public package repositories,
• GitHub releases,
• and the AUR as q-dns-git

To install q from source do:

git clone https://github.com/natesales/q && cd q
go install

# without debug information
go install -ldflags="-s -w -X main.version=release"

Feature Comparison

DNS Transport Protocols

Protocol	q	doggo	dog	kdig	dig	drill
RFC 1034 UDP/TCP	+	+	+	+	+	+
RFC 7858 DNS over TLS	+	+	+	+	-	-
RFC 8484 DNS over HTTPS	+	+	+	+	-	-
draft-ietf-dprive-dnsoquic-12 DNS over QUIC	+	+	-	-	-	-
draft-pauly-dprive-oblivious-doh-11 Oblivious DNS over HTTPS	+	-	-	-	-	-

Output Formats

Format	q	doggo	dog	kdig	dig	drill
Raw (dig-style)	+	-	+	+	+	+
Pretty colors	+	+	+	-	-	-
JSON	+	+	+	-	-	-
YAML	+	-	-	-	+	-

Output Flags

Option	q	doggo	dog	kdig	dig	drill
Toggle question section	+	-	-	+	+	-
Toggle answer section	+	-	-	+	+	-
Toggle authority section	+	-	-	+	+	-
Toggle additional section	+	-	-	+	+	-
Show query time	+	-	-	+	+	-

Query Flags

Flag	q	doggo	dog	kdig	dig	drill
AA	+	-	+	+	+	+
AD	+	-	+	+	+	+
CD	+	-	+	+	+	+
RD	+	-	-	+	+	+
Z	+	-	-	+	+	-
DO	+	-	+	+	+	+
TC	+	-	-	+	+	+

Protocol Tweaks

Flag	q	doggo	dog	kdig	dig	drill
HTTP Method	+	-	-	-	-	-
QUIC ALPN Tokens	+	-	-	-	-	-
QUIC Keepalive	+	-	-	-	-	-
QUIC toggle PMTU discovery	+	-	-	-	-	-
QUIC timeouts (dial and idle)	+	-	-	-	-	-
TLS handshake timeout	+	-	-	-	-	-