---
title: "mdns-tui-browser"
category: "Networking and remote access"
tagline: "Browse the services that devices on your LAN announce over mDNS."
source: "AUR"
package: "mdns-tui-browser"
command: "mdns-tui-browser"
code: "https://github.com/hrzlgnm/mdns-tui-browser"
---

## What it is

mdns-tui-browser is a terminal app that lists the services devices on your local network advertise over mDNS (also called Bonjour or Zeroconf): printers, SSH servers, media players, smart home devices and so on, with their host names, addresses and ports.

## Why it's here

- **Find devices by name.** See what's on your LAN without knowing IP addresses.
- **Check mDNS works.** Confirm your machines are announcing themselves.

## On CoreDesktop

mdns-tui-browser is installed from the AUR. CoreDesktop sets up mDNS so machines on your LAN can find each other: it enables `avahi-daemon`, allows mDNS (5353/udp) through the firewall, and advertises this machine's SSH server, so you can reach it as `<hostname>.local`. When systemd-resolved is enabled, the installer also runs `fixmdns.sh`, which adds nss-mdns to `/etc/nsswitch.conf` ahead of systemd-resolved so `.local` names resolve.

Type `mdns-tui-browser` to see what's announcing itself. `update` keeps it current with the AUR packages.