Avahi (software)

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).

Avahi
Developer(s)Lennart Poettering, Trent Lloyd, Sjoerd Simons
Stable release
0.8 / February 18, 2020 (2020-02-18)
Repository
Written inC
Operating systemLinux, BSD
Type
LicenseLGPLv2.1
Websitewww.avahi.org

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.

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