avahi
brew install avahi
v0.9-rc4
LGPL-2.1-or-later
mDNS/DNS-SD service discovery daemon and client library for local network service advertisement and discovery.
Why you might care
Avahi enables zero-configuration networking on Linux and Unix systems, allowing services to announce themselves and discover other services without manual DNS setup. Use it when you need Bonjour-compatible service discovery on non-macOS systems, or as a build dependency for applications that require mDNS capabilities. It's the standard open-source implementation of Avahi/mDNS-SD for Linux desktops and embedded systems.
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Runtime dependencies
Build dependencies
Links
- https://avahi.org
- Brew formula source: Formula/a/avahi.rb
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