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Type: desktop-application
ID: io.github.tobagin.digger
Package: digger
ProjectLicense: GPL-3.0-or-later
Name:
C: Digger
Summary:
C: Modern, advanced DNS lookup tool
Description:
C: |-
<p>Digger is a feature-rich DNS lookup tool designed for the GNOME desktop. It provides an intuitive
interface for exploring DNS records, from simple queries to complex diagnostics.</p>
<p>Key features include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Support for all major DNS record types (A, AAAA, MX, TXT, NS, etc.)</li>
<li>Advanced options like reverse lookups, trace options, and custom servers</li>
<li>DNS Blacklist (DNSBL) checking and performance monitoring</li>
<li>Malware domain checking and DNSSEC chain-of-trust validation</li>
<li>History with search and favorites management</li>
<li>Batch lookup and server comparison tools</li>
</ul>
Developer:
name:
C: Thiago Fernandes
Categories:
- Network
- Development
Keywords:
C:
- DNS
- lookup
- network
- domain
- dig
Url:
contact: https://github.com/tobagin
homepage: https://github.com/tobagin/digger
bugtracker: https://github.com/tobagin/digger/issues
help: https://github.com/tobagin/digger/discussions
vcs-browser: https://github.com/tobagin/digger
donation: https://ko-fi.com/tobagin
contribute: https://github.com/tobagin/digger
Icon:
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height: 128
stock: io.github.tobagin.digger
Launchable:
desktop-id:
- io.github.tobagin.digger.desktop
Provides:
binaries:
- digger-vala
Screenshots:
- default: true
caption:
C: Main application window
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- caption:
C: Query results with DNSSEC validation
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- caption:
C: Query history and search
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- caption:
C: Preferences and configuration
thumbnails:
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Branding:
colors:
- type: primary
scheme-preference: light
value: "#3584e4"
- type: primary
scheme-preference: dark
value: "#3584e4"
Releases:
- version: "2.9.1"
type: stable
unix-timestamp: 1791072000
description:
C: |-
<p>Bug fix release</p>
<ul>
<li>Fixed a crash when running a lookup with any DNS server other than System Default</li>
<li>Fixed command output from dig and whois being read past its end</li>
</ul>
- version: "2.9.0"
type: stable
unix-timestamp: 1790812800
description:
C: |-
<p>Feature release with new DNS tools, plus a runtime and dependency refresh</p>
<ul>
<li>Malware Domain Check - VirusTotal and Spamhaus DBL threat intelligence with safety scoring (Ctrl+Shift+T)</li>
<li>Query Templates - save and reuse named query templates with {{param}} macros (Ctrl+Shift+L)</li>
<li>DNS Record Validator - RFC syntax and compliance checks for common record types</li>
<li>IPv6 Connectivity Testing - dual-stack detection and AAAA reachability over IPv6</li>
<li>Updated to the GNOME 51 runtime</li>
<li>Bundled BIND updated to 9.20.29, replacing the end-of-life 9.16 branch</li>
<li>DNSSEC signatures are now actually validated; the previous build shipped dig without crypto support</li>
</ul>
- version: "2.8.0"
type: stable
unix-timestamp: 1784246400
description:
C: |-
<p>Feature release with new DNS tools and security hardening</p>
<ul>
<li>DNS Propagation Check - compare a record across eight public resolvers (Ctrl+Shift+G)</li>
<li>Subdomain Enumeration - discover live subdomains from a built-in wordlist (Ctrl+Shift+E)</li>
<li>DNSSEC Chain of Trust - visualize the chain from the TLD down to the domain (Ctrl+Shift+K)</li>
<li>Domain Monitoring - watch domains for record changes with desktop notifications (Ctrl+Shift+W)</li>
<li>Security: fixed a DNS-over-HTTPS parser out-of-bounds read and hardened input validation and exports</li>
<li>DNS-over-HTTPS now decodes all common record types and follows RFC 8484</li>
</ul>
- version: "2.7.1"
type: stable
unix-timestamp: 1780790400
description:
C: |-
<p>Bug fix release</p>
<ul>
<li>Increased default window height so the "Look up DNS records" button is fully visible on launch</li>
</ul>
ContentRating:
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