514-labs/dnsglobe v0.4.0

0.4.0 - 2026-07-11

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Release Notes

Added

• Resolvers can be added and removed at runtime: + opens an add-resolver
  dialog (name and IP, plus optional location and map coordinates, validated
  like the config file), ↑/↓ highlight a row in the table, and Ctrl+X
  removes the highlighted resolver. Changes last for the session; permanent
  resolvers still belong in the config file. A resolver added mid-watch is
  queried immediately and joins the propagation math.
  (#30)

• EDNS Client Subnet (RFC 7871) support: --ecs 203.0.113.0/24 (or
  ecs = [...] in the config file) attaches that client subnet to every
  query, so GeoDNS zones answer for that network instead of each resolver's
  own vantage point. Takes CIDRs or bare IPs, and accepts several subnets to
  compare how answers converge across client networks: Ctrl+N cycles the
  active subnet in the TUI (re-querying as it goes), and --once prints one
  table per subnet plus a convergence summary. Resolvers that deliberately ignore ECS (Cloudflare,
  Quad9, …) are tagged NO ECS and left out of the propagation percentage —
  their answer describes their own location, not the probed network.
  (#14,
  #29)

• 3D rotating globe view: the flat resolver map can morph into a spinning
  orthographic globe, with the resolver status dots riding their continents
  and hiding on the far hemisphere as the planet turns. The globe keeps the
  map's braille rendering, adds a faint graticule so the rotation reads even
  over open ocean, and is tilted 15° so the northern-hemisphere resolver
  clusters stay clear of the limb.
  (#26)

• The view is responsive by default: the square-ish globe needs fewer
  columns than the 350°-wide flat map, so narrow terminals get the globe
  (down to widths that previously showed no map at all) and wide ones the
  flat map — resizing across the threshold animates the morph live. Ctrl+O
  toggles by hand and pins the choice; --view auto|map|globe or view = "..." in the config file force it outright (flag beats config).
  (#26)

• Nix flake support: nix run github:514-labs/dnsglobe builds and runs
  dnsglobe from source on any system with Nix flakes enabled; specific
  releases can be pinned via git tag (github:514-labs/dnsglobe/v0.3.0).
  A devbox.json is included for reproducible development environments.
  (#10,
  #21)

• Custom color themes: a [theme] table in the config file recolors any UI
  role (accent, agree, differ, error, pending, stale,
  upstream, muted, coastline, grid) using ANSI color names,
  256-color indexes, or hex values.
  (#27)

Changed

• ↑/↓ (and PageUp/PageDown) move a highlight through the resolver table
  instead of scrolling it directly; the view scrolls along to keep the
  highlight visible. (#30)
• Tab / Shift-Tab now re-query the checked domain with the newly selected
  record type right away, instead of waiting for Enter — matching the new
  Ctrl+N behavior for ECS subnets.
  (#29)
• The default palette now stays legible on terminal themes with mid-toned
  backgrounds, like macOS Terminal's "Ocean": de-emphasized text uses the
  faint attribute instead of dark gray (dimming your theme's own foreground
  color, which is always readable), and status colors moved to the bright
  ANSI range. Past-TTL is now orange to stay distinct from the brighter
  error red. Set muted = "darkgray" in [theme] to restore the old
  de-emphasis on terminals that render faint poorly.
  (#25,
  #27)

Install dnsglobe 0.4.0

Install prebuilt binaries via shell script

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/514-labs/dnsglobe/releases/download/v0.4.0/dnsglobe-installer.sh | sh

Install prebuilt binaries via Homebrew

brew install 514-labs/tap/dnsglobe

Download dnsglobe 0.4.0