Homebrew Formulae: dnsmasq

dnsmasq

Install command:

brew install dnsmasq

Lightweight DNS forwarder and DHCP server

https://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html

License: GPL-2.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/dnsmasq.json

Formula code: dnsmasq.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on Apple Silicon	tahoe	✅
	sequoia	✅
	sonoma	✅
macOS on Intel	sonoma	✅
Linux	ARM64	✅
Linux	x86_64	✅

Current versions:

stable

✅

2.93

Depends on when building from source:

pkgconf

3.0.6

Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit

Binaries: dnsmasq

Service:

Start now and at startup:	`sudo brew services start dnsmasq`
Run directly:	`$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/dnsmasq/sbin/dnsmasq --keep-in-foreground -C $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/etc/dnsmasq.conf -7 $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/etc/dnsmasq.d,*.conf`

On current macOS releases, `/etc/resolver/<domain>` resolver overrides do not work if the nameserver is `127.0.0.1` and dnsmasq is running on a non-53 port.
To use scoped resolver zones reliably, bind dnsmasq to a non-localhost IP (e.g., a loopback alias like 10.0.0.1) on port 53.

Analytics:

	30 days	90 days	365 days
Installs	2,077	7,979	31,084
Installs (`--HEAD`)	5	11	47
Installs on Request	2,072	7,942	30,873
Installs on Request (`--HEAD`)	5	11	47
Build Errors	0