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appserver-io/dnsserver
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Multithreaded DNS serve written in php

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Since Feb 25Pushed 8y ago4 watchersCompare

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DNS Server
==========

[](#dns-server)

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Introduction
============

[](#introduction)

Are you serious? A DNS server written in pure PHP for PHP? Ohhhh Yes! :)

We use this in the [`appserver.io`](http://www.appserver.io) project as a server component for handling DNS requests. The purpose to implement a DNS server is to deliver it with appserver.io and allow automatich DNS resolution for the defined virtual hosts.

Installation
============

[](#installation)

If you want to use the DNS server with your application add this

```
{
    "require": {
        "appserver-io/dnsserver": "dev-master"
    }
}
```

to your `composer.json` and invoke `composer update` in your project.

Usage
=====

[](#usage)

If you can satisfy the requirements it is very simple to use the DNS server. Just do this:

```
git clone https://github.com/appserver-io/dnsserver
cd dnsserver
PHP_BIN=/path/to/your/threadsafe/php-binary bin/dnsserver
```

If you're using [`appserver.io`](http://www.appserver.io) the start line will be:

```
bin/dnsserver
```

Open a console and enter

```
console$ dig @127.0.0.1 test.com A +short
```

the output should be

```
111.111.111.111
```

which is the IP v4 address for the domain test.com, defined in the file `etc/dns_record.json` ;)

External Links
==============

[](#external-links)

- Documentation at [appserver.io](http://docs.appserver.io)

###  Health Score

34

—

LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity26

Limited adoption so far

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~120 days

Recently: every ~202 days

Total

8

Last Release

2926d ago

Major Versions

1.0.0 → 2.0.02016-02-26

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/287509?v=4)[Tim Wagner](/maintainers/wagnert)[@wagnert](https://github.com/wagnert)

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/287595?v=4)[Johann Zelger](/maintainers/zelgerj)[@zelgerj](https://github.com/zelgerj)

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4931168?v=4)[Bernhard Wick](/maintainers/wick-ed)[@wick-ed](https://github.com/wick-ed)

---

Top Contributors

[![wagnert](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/287509?v=4)](https://github.com/wagnert "wagnert (27 commits)")

---

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