Project Summary
Knot DNS Resolver is a caching full resolver implementation written in C and LuaJIT, both a resolver library and a daemon. The core architecture is tiny and efficient, and provides a foundation and a state-machine like API for extensions. There are three modules built-in - iterator, validator, cache, and a few more are loaded by default. Most of the rich features are written in Lua(JIT) and C. Batteries are included, but optional.
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has a well established, mature codebase
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took an estimated 17 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in June, 2014
ending with its most recent commit 2 days ago
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Repository URL: https://github.com/CZ-NIC/knot-resolver
Version: v6.0.17-41-gf277817da
- 2025-12-22
- Last Analyzed
- 189,978
- Lines of Code Analyze
- 0.28
- Defect Density
Defects by status for current build
- 137
- Total defects
- 11
- Outstanding
- 101
- Fixed