gssdp ☆

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Description:
GUPnP library for resource discovery and announcement over SSDP

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Networking

Tags: gupnp ssdp networking upnp discovery

Install: brew install gssdp

About:
Gssdp is a library implementing the Simple Service Discovery Protocol (SSDP) as part of the GUPnP project. It enables applications to discover networked devices and services, such as media servers or printers, on a local network. Its primary value is providing a lightweight, standards-compliant foundation for building UPnP and DLNA-enabled applications.

Key Features:

Implementation of the SSDP protocol for device discovery
GObject-based API for easy integration with GNOME and GTK applications
Supports both client (searching) and server (announcing) roles
Low-level networking handled efficiently via the GLib main loop

Use Cases:

Building UPnP control points to find and manage media servers
Developing device or service announcers on a local network
Creating applications that need to discover network resources dynamically

Alternatives:

miniupnpc – Miniupnpc is a widely used UPnP client library, but Gssdp is more tightly integrated with the GNOME/GObject ecosystem.
avahi – Avahi implements mDNS/DNS-SD (Bonjour) for service discovery, which is a different protocol than SSDP used by UPnP.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 15, 2025 1:46am		0	VERSION_BUMP	137e406b
Sep 12, 2024 8:25pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	cd72b526