Avahi (software)

Avahi
Developer(s)Lennart Poettering, Trent Lloyd, Sjoerd Simons
Stable release
0.8 / February 18, 2020; 4 years ago (2020-02-18)[1]
Repository
Written inC
Operating systemLinux, BSD
Type
LicenseLGPLv2.1
Websitewww.avahi.org

Avahi is a free zero-configuration networking (zeroconf) implementation, including a system for multicast DNS and DNS Service Discovery. It is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).

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.

  1. ^ "Avahi 0.8, the 'Dobro Jutro' release". GitHub. Retrieved 11 April 2020.