cares is a C library that performs DNS requests and name resolves asynchronously.

c-ares is a C library that performs DNS requests and name resolves asynchronously.

C89 compatibility, MIT licensed, builds for and runs on POSIX, Windows, Netware, Android and many more operating systems.

Download

c-ares 1.9.1, 765KB (18-jun-2012) GPG RELEASE-NOTES

You can also download old packages

Feedback/Questions/Bugreports

Discussions around c-ares, its use and its development, are held on the c-ares mailing list. Please, do not mail volunteers privately about c-ares.

Mailing list archives at c-ares.haxx.se and gmane.org!

Source code

Browse the git repository on github.

Check out from git like this:

 git clone git://github.com/bagder/c-ares.git

Who c-ares?

Contributions have been made by these friendly people.

c-ares is being used by libcurl, UnreadlIRCd, BZFlag, Hobbit network monitor, libevnet, gLite, aria2, sipsak, Second Life, Wireshark, node.js and more

Please let us know if you use it!