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| Namebench | |
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| Initial release | 20 August 2009; 16 years ago (2009-08-20) |
| Stable release | 1.3.1 / 6 June 2010; 15 years ago (2010-06-06) |
| Platform | Microsoft Windows,OS X andUnix |
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| Licence | Apache License, version 2.0 |
| Website | code |
Namebench is anopen-sourceDomain Name System (DNS) benchmarkutility byGoogle, Inc,[1] which is licensed under theApache License, version 2.0.[2] Namebench runs onWindows,OS X, andUnix.[1] It is available with a graphical user interface as well as a command-line interface.[1] Its purpose is to find the fastest DNSserver one could use.[1] The project began as a20% project at Google.[1] It can run the benchmark using your web browser history,tcpdump output, or standardized datasets, in order to provide an individualized recommendation.[1] Namebench was written using open-source tools and libraries.[1] It was created by Google engineer Thomas Stromberg.[3]