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dns-socket

Make low-level DNS requests with retry and timeout support.

v4.2.2, 28 May 2021MIT-Types: None
$ npm install dns-socket

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
452.5k
+174% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
1
Direct, from package.json
Last release
5 years ago
v4.2.2
GitHub stars
-
Open issues / PRs
- / -
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
-

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0200k400k600k800kSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 747.3k (18 Aug 2026)Low 197.8k (23 Dec 2025)
Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

452,497 downloads last week, 2,467,270 in the last month. The 12-month change of +174% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
023 in total
Latest version
4.2.2, 28 May 20215 years ago
First published
23 Feb 2016
Last push to GitHub
-
Repository archived
-
Open issues
-
Open pull requests
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
-
Dependents on npm
-

Major versions

  1. v4 first release 4.0.0, 1 Jun 2018
  2. v3 first release 3.0.0, 11 Feb 2018
  3. v2 first release 2.0.0, 14 Jan 2018
  4. v1 first release 1.0.0, 23 Feb 2016

Recent releases

VersionPublished
4.2.228 May 2021
4.2.16 Jul 2020
4.2.010 Feb 2019
4.1.222 Jan 2019
4.1.17 Aug 2018
4.1.03 Jul 2018
4.0.01 Jun 2018
3.0.011 Feb 2018
2.0.014 Jan 2018
1.6.313 Jan 2018
1.6.28 Jun 2017
1.6.15 Feb 2017
1.6.05 Feb 2017
1.5.05 Feb 2017
Module format
-Not determined from package.json
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
>=6
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
12 kB
Dependencies (1)
dns-packet
npm install dns-socket
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/dns-socket@4.2.2/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/dns-socket@4.2.2/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/dns-socket@4.2.2
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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