.Local Finder(look IP by mDNS)

Network Revolution

About this app

It is a simple software that returns IP address after entering a Host-Name.
It works only under the WiFi.

This app is developed as an open source.
https://github.com/Network-Revolution/DotLocalFinder

If you find the debian or ubuntu or centos or Red-Hat PC,These PC need to have mDNS installed.
Please input the following command.
apt install avahi-daemon libnss-mdns
dnf install avahi avahi-tools nss-mdns
yum install avahi avahi-tools nss-mdns

Windows10 and macOS have mDNS installed from the beginning, so you can find it without any action.
If you have even mDNS installed, you can also find SBCs such as ESP32 or micro:bit.
The following example shows how to build a host with Arduino.
https://github.com/Vasil-Pahomov/Liana
https://tttapa.github.io/ESP8266/Chap08%20-%20mDNS.html

You can do not only Arduino but also Golang
https://github.com/hashicorp/mdns

but also Python
https://pypi.org/project/mdns-publisher/

Of course,Both Golang and Python run on ESP32.
https://tinygo.org/faq/what-about-esp8266-esp32/
https://docs.micropython.org/en/latest/esp32/tutorial/intro.html

Python run on micro:bit.
https://microbit-micropython.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Of course, you can also find RaspberryPi with Raspbian installed.
You should search for "raspberrypi" in this app!

Ratings and reviews

It took a little of getting used to! I kept trying to enter "esp8266.local" and it would just stare at me. It never gave me any feedback so I got very frustrated and almost uninstalled it. Then I tried just "esp8266" without the .local extension and again it just stared at me. Finally I selected IPv4 and "esp8266" and tapped search icon and it gave me the IP address of the device! Cool! Then I clicked on COPY IP and then put it in the Chrome browser and it showed up just fine!!

Works great! Type in a local name and it spits out a list of IP addresses (both v4 and v6) in under a second. My *only* gripe is that when copying an IPv6 address, it puts [brackets] around it which most other apps will make you delete before they will connect, which is annoying to do in a terminal app.

Man did what Google couldn't! Best app ever! Now I can create softAP with esp8266 and find my server by mDNS name! Then connect to correct ip in browser. I'm a happy man now. (People giving negative rating are just dumb and don't know how to use it)

What's new

Changed the behavior so that it can be opened in a browser.