mDNS

Ever wanted to create your own custom .local hostnames on your network? Now you can!

This gem implements a super naive mDNS server that listens for queries matching entries you add, and responds to them.

This gem was created by observing existing mDNS queries and responses. I did not read the RFC, so it might not follow the spec properly.

Tested on OS X Mavericks, Ruby 2.0+. Should work with older versions of Ruby and other *nix OSes.

Should work with any client that implements mDNS resolver.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'mdns'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install mdns

require "mdns"
MDNS.add_record("leet.local", 60, "10.0.13.37") # Add a record for leet.local to resolve to 10.0.13.37 with a TTL of 60 seconds
MDNS.start                                                       # Start listening

• Does not "unpublish" a record when stopping.
• Only supports A records

Contributions greatly appreciated! Fork and send a pull request.

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2014 Jack "chendo" Chen

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