Avahi (software)
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Avahi is a free zero-configuration networking (zeroconf) implementation, including a system for multicast DNS/DNS-SD service discovery. It is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).
Zero-configuration networking (zeroconf) implementation
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 Avahi Discovery GUI showing discovered services | |
| Developer(s) | Lennart Poettering, Trent Lloyd, Sjoerd Simons |
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| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Linux, BSD |
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| License | LGPLv2.1 |
| Website | www |
Avahi is a system which enables programs to publish and discover services and hosts running on a local network. For example, a user can plug a computer into a network and have Avahi automatically advertise the network services running on its machine, facilitating user access to those services.