mdns-browser

mDNS-Browser

This application allows you to browse services using mDNS. For an alternative running in a terminal, check out mDNS-TUI-Browser

Screenshots from v0.11.28

Startup

Browsing for _ssh._tcp

Details of a resolved service having many IPs

Details of a resolved service having a subtype and TXT records

Checking for updates on Windows

Response if no update is available

• mDNS-Browser Overview
  • How to Build
  • Command line options
  • Where to find the executables?
    • GitHub Release
    • Winget Installation
    • Arch Linux (AUR)
    • Void Linux
    • Homebrew (macOS)
  • Auditable binaries
  • Attested build artifacts
  • Privacy
  • Acknowledgments

Building

For instructions on building the application, checkout the document BUILDING.

Command line options

Usage: mdns-browser [OPTIONS]

Options:
  -l, --log-level <LOG_LEVEL>       [default: info] [possible values: trace, debug, info, warn, error]
  -D, --enable-devtools             Enable devtools at startup
  -f, --log-to-file                 Enable logging to file
  -d, --disable-dmabuf-renderer     Disable dmabuf renderer (Linux only), useful when having rendering issues
      --disable-nv-explicit-sync    Disable NVIDIA explicit sync (Linux only)
      --no-nvidia-workaround        Disable all NVIDIA workarounds entirely (Linux only)
  -h, --help                        Print help
  -V, --version                     Print version

log-to-file

If enabled, a log file will be created in a platform-specific location:

• Windows: %LOCALAPPDATA%\com.github.hrzlgnm.mdns-browser\logs
• Linux: $XDG_DATA_HOME/com.github.hrzlgnm.mdns-browser/logs or $HOME/.local/share/com.github.hrzlgnm.mdns-browser/logs
• macOS: ~/Library/Logs/com.github.hrzlgnm.mdns-browser

The log file will be named mdns-browser.log and will contain log messages with a log-level having at least a level specified by the log-level option.

enable-devtools

If enabled, the devtools will be open at startup

This option has been added with release v0.19.0

disable-dmabuf-renderer (Linux only)

This option disables the dmabuf renderer, which is used to improve performance on Linux. If you experience rendering issues, you can try disabling this option to see if it resolves the problem.

This option has been added with release v0.12.0

disable-nv-explicit-sync (Linux only)

This option disables NVIDIA explicit sync, useful for testing or debugging rendering issues on non-NVIDIA systems. This option has been added with release v1.8.0

no-nvidia-workaround (Linux only)

This option disables all NVIDIA workarounds entirely, including automatic detection. Useful for testing whether rendering issues are caused by the workarounds or to completely disable them.

This option takes precedence over both --disable-dmabuf-renderer and --disable-nv-explicit-sync.

Where to find the executables?

GitHub Releases

You can download the latest version of the application from the GitHub Release page

Winget installation

To install via Winget, run the following command:

winget install mdns-browser

Arch Linux (AUR)

To install on Arch Linux using the AUR, you can use an AUR helper like yay or paru:

With yay:

yay -S mdns-browser

Alternatively using the -bin package:

yay -S mdns-browser-bin

With paru:

paru -S mdns-browser

Alternatively using the -bin package:

paru -S mdns-browser-bin

Void Linux

To install on Void Linux with arch x86_64, you can add the GitHub release as a repository and install the package using xbps-install:

# Add the repository
echo "repository=https://github.com/hrzlgnm/mdns-browser/releases/latest/download" | sudo tee /etc/xbps.d/mdns-browser-repo.conf

# Install the package
sudo xbps-install -S mdns-browser

During installation, you will be prompted to accept a public key signed by [email protected]. The repository and package are signed with a key having the fingerprint: 64:6d:b9:23:3d:ad:9d:f1:b0:fe:64:8e:da:46:57:d3.

Homebrew (macOS)

To install on macOS using Homebrew, you can use the custom tap:

brew install --cask hrzlgnm/tap/mdns-browser

Or add the tap first:

brew tap hrzlgnm/tap
brew install --cask mdns-browser

Auditable binaries

The binaries built for desktop targets are now all built in auditable mode using cargo-auditable. For information on how to audit the binaries, see Usage

Since release v0.8.x

Attested build artifacts

The build artifacts are now attested. Attestations information about the binaries is available here. For more information and details on how to verify those, see Verifying artifact attestations with the GitHub CLI

Since release v0.8.x

Privacy

For a privacy statement checkout the document PRIVACY.

Acknowledgments

This app uses the fantastic mdns-sd library to handle all mDNS functionality. If you find this app helpful, consider giving the library a star on GitHub!