DNS management without the legacy.

Built for the terminal. Owned by the developer.

A community-backed CLI for Anycast DNS. Get Dry-Runs, Instant Rollbacks, and Ephemeral Previews at-cost.

Be first in line to secure your founding member spot.

cmdns-cli v0.0.1

$ cmdns init my-startup.com

✓ Created cmdns.yaml (AWS Route 53 backend)

$ cmdns cert request --wildcard

✓ SSL-01 Challenge verified. Cert issued.

$ cmdns zone push --dry-run

- [DELETE] A | legacy.dev | 1.1.1.1

+ [CREATE] A | production.dev | 2.2.2.2

> Confirm push to prod? [Y/n] _

01. YAML-First Safety

Define your zones in a simple cmdns.yaml file. Run one command to see a live diff and push changes instantly.

02. Ephemeral Sites

Temporary subdomains for feature branches that self-destruct. Perfect for zero-maintenance PR previews.

03. Native SSL

Automated DNS-01 handshakes for free Wildcard certs. No more manual TXT record validation dances.

04. At-Cost Domains

Zero markup on registrations. We pass through the registry cost directly to you. No convenience taxes.

05. Global Anycast

06. Audit Portal

Coming in next phase. A minimalist, read-only web dashboard to verify your records from any device.

The Manifesto

Built for the terminal. Owned by the developer.

We've optimized our profit margins to ensure developers, platform engineers and technical solo entrepreneurs can afford professional, CLI-driven DNS management with built-in safety, rollbacks, and developer-first workflows away from unexpected build apps.

The Founding Deal: The first 1,000 members pay €5/mo forever.

Component

Fair Use

Standard Rate

Platform Base

3 Zones and 3M Queries

€7.00/mo

€5.00/mo (Founding)

Extra Domain

+1M Queries Included

€1.50/mo

Extra Traffic

Per 1M Global Queries

€0.50

Fair Usage

100 Records / 300s TTL

Included

! Different registrars have slightly different wholesale prices. We let you pick the backend and we charge 0% margin. The price you see is the registrar’s cost passed through to you.