Avahi (software)
| Avahi | |
|---|---|
Avahi Discovery GUI showing discovered services | |
| Developer(s) | Lennart Poettering, Trent Lloyd, Sjoerd Simons |
| Stable release | 0.8
/ February 18, 2020 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Linux, BSD |
| Type | |
| License | LGPLv2.1 |
| Website | www |
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 that 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.