Bonjour (software)

Bonjour
	Bonjour
	Screenshot
Other names	mDNSResponder; Rendezvous;
Developer(s)	Apple Inc.
Initial release	August 2002
Stable release	1790.40.31 / November 1, 2022
Repository	github.com/apple-oss-distributions/mDNSResponder ;
Operating system	macOS, Windows, Linux, *BSD, iOS
Type	Zero-configuration networking
License	Apple Inc. – Proprietary Freeware; portions under the Apache license
Website	developer.apple.com/bonjour/

Bonjour is Apple's implementation of zero-configuration networking (zeroconf), a group of technologies that includes service discovery, address assignment, and hostname resolution. Bonjour locates devices such as printers, other computers, and the services that those devices offer on a local network using multicast Domain Name System (mDNS) service records.

The software comes built-in with Apple's macOS and iOS operating systems. Bonjour can also be installed onto computers running Microsoft Windows. Bonjour components may also be included within other software such as iTunes and Safari.

It was originally introduced in 2002 with Mac OS X 10.2 with the name Rendezvous. It was renamed in 2005 to Bonjour following an out-of-court trademark dispute settlement.^[1]^[2]

^ Marc Krochmal (April 12, 2005). "Rendezvous is changing to..." rendezvous-dev mailing list. Apple Computer. Archived from the original on March 19, 2007. Retrieved October 11, 2006.
^ Cite error: The named reference appleins2005 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[rename-applelists-1] Marc Krochmal (April 12, 2005). "Rendezvous is changing to..." rendezvous-dev mailing list. Apple Computer. Archived from the original on March 19, 2007. Retrieved October 11, 2006.

[appleins2005-2] Cite error: The named reference appleins2005 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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