Command-line tool

dnsmasq

brew/dnsmasq

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Lightweight DNS forwarder and DHCP server

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install dnsmasq

Linux

brew install dnsmasq

Start dnsmasq with default configuration

dnsmasq

Run dnsmasq in the foreground (for debugging)

dnsmasq --no-daemon

Specify a custom configuration file

dnsmasq --conf-file=path/to/config.conf

Browse

• Domains and DNS

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