---
title: "Get started with mix-dns"
description: "Install @nymproject/mix-dns and resolve a hostname through the Nym mixnet."
schemaType: "TechArticle"
section: "Developers"
lastUpdated: "2026-06-05"
---

# Get started

## Installation

```bash
npm install @nymproject/mix-dns
```

ESM only, with the worker and WASM inlined via [`mix-tunnel`](/developers/mix-tunnel/get-started#installation); no bundler config needed.

## Quick start

```ts
import { setupMixTunnel, mixDNS, disconnectMixTunnel } from '@nymproject/mix-dns';

await setupMixTunnel();

const ip = await mixDNS('example.com');
console.log(ip); // e.g. an IPv4 address string

await disconnectMixTunnel();
```

`mixDNS` returns the first resolved address as a string: an IPv4 A record when available, otherwise IPv6. It rejects if the hostname cannot be resolved. To resolve and immediately use the result via `mixFetch`, the simpler path is to skip `mixDNS` entirely and call `mixFetch('https://example.com')`, which handles resolution itself.

Resolve hostnames live in the [mixnet playground](/developers/playground), with a tunnel-vs-clearnet (DoH) comparison.