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Port details
mdns-bridge Multicast DNS Bridge
2.2.0 net on this many watch lists=0 search for ports that depend on this port Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 2.0.0Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: dennypage@me.com search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2024-11-20 11:27:06
Last Update: 2025-08-27 22:32:06
Commit Hash: 50697e8
License: BSD2CLAUSE
WWW:
https://github.com/dennypage/mdns-bridge
Description:
daemon for forwarding mDNS data between network interfaces. It is intended for use by firewalls to provide service discovery across network segments, with and without filtering, for both IPv4 and IPv6.
Homepage    cgit ¦ Codeberg ¦ GitHub ¦ GitLab ¦ SVNWeb - no subversion history for this port

Manual pages:
FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. /usr/local/share/licenses/mdns-bridge-2.2.0/catalog.mk
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/mdns-bridge-2.2.0/LICENSE
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/mdns-bridge-2.2.0/BSD2CLAUSE
  4. bin/mdns-bridge
  5. @sample etc/mdns-bridge.conf.sample
  6. @owner
  7. @group
  8. @mode
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • mdns_bridge
Dependency lines:
  • mdns-bridge>0:net/mdns-bridge
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/net/mdns-bridge/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install net/mdns-bridge
  • pkg install mdns-bridge
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: mdns-bridge
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1756325412 SHA256 (dennypage-mdns-bridge-v2.2.0_GH0.tar.gz) = d54a694fa0c7cf8430d58ad6d06f9027e77c2a00ef52d15715a388f768264875 SIZE (dennypage-mdns-bridge-v2.2.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 26843

Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
mdns-bridge
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest2.2.02.2.0-2.2.02.2.0n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:13:quarterly2.2.02.2.0-2.0.02.2.0n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:14:latest2.2.02.2.0-2.2.02.2.0---
FreeBSD:14:quarterly2.2.02.2.0-2.0.02.2.0---
FreeBSD:15:latest2.2.02.2.0n/a2.1.0n/an/a--
FreeBSD:15:quarterly2.2.02.2.0n/a-n/an/a--
FreeBSD:16:latest-2.2.0n/a-n/an/a--
This port has no dependencies.
There are no ports dependent upon this port

Configuration Options:
No options to configure
Options name:
net_mdns-bridge
FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message
Master Sites:
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  1. https://codeload.github.com/dennypage/mdns-bridge/tar.gz/v2.2.0?dummy=/
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Number of commits found: 5

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
CommitCreditsLog message
2.2.0
27 Aug 2025 22:32:06
commit hash: 50697e81b014e20d8e63c89c78377fb7b1d1784acommit hash: 50697e81b014e20d8e63c89c78377fb7b1d1784acommit hash: 50697e81b014e20d8e63c89c78377fb7b1d1784acommit hash: 50697e81b014e20d8e63c89c78377fb7b1d1784a files touched by this commit
Vladimir Druzenko (vvd) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Denny Page
net/mdns-bridge: Update 2.1.0 => 2.2.0

Changelog:
https://github.com/dennypage/mdns-bridge/releases/tag/v2.2.0

PR:	289137
2.1.0
10 Aug 2025 17:53:12
commit hash: fe4b0da206b5d7ea84aa4447390cb498d7cebf2dcommit hash: fe4b0da206b5d7ea84aa4447390cb498d7cebf2dcommit hash: fe4b0da206b5d7ea84aa4447390cb498d7cebf2dcommit hash: fe4b0da206b5d7ea84aa4447390cb498d7cebf2d files touched by this commit
Vladimir Druzenko (vvd) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Denny Page
net/mdns-bridge: Update 2.0.0 => 2.1.0

Changelog:
https://github.com/dennypage/mdns-bridge/releases/tag/v2.1.0

PR:	288775
2.0.0
06 May 2025 02:06:05
commit hash: e995d14e17ad59f5eaea313c1f4f6c40b72d9447commit hash: e995d14e17ad59f5eaea313c1f4f6c40b72d9447commit hash: e995d14e17ad59f5eaea313c1f4f6c40b72d9447commit hash: e995d14e17ad59f5eaea313c1f4f6c40b72d9447 files touched by this commit
Vladimir Druzenko (vvd) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Denny Page
net/mdns-bridge: Update 1.0.1 => 2.0.0

Changelog:
https://github.com/dennypage/mdns-bridge/releases/tag/v2.0.0

Replace PORTVERSION with DISTVERSION.

PR:	286612
1.0.1_1
28 Mar 2025 11:45:11
commit hash: 2b444dc15dfa1207cedaff2c2b7873728701d0c5commit hash: 2b444dc15dfa1207cedaff2c2b7873728701d0c5commit hash: 2b444dc15dfa1207cedaff2c2b7873728701d0c5commit hash: 2b444dc15dfa1207cedaff2c2b7873728701d0c5 files touched by this commit
Renato Botelho (garga) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Denny Page
net/mdns-bridge: Fix rc script

Fix command name to point to binary installed by this port

PR:		285100
MFH:		2025Q1
1.0.1
20 Nov 2024 11:24:10
commit hash: bb1dea909cdd856bbb42c42cddf52fc751edec4ccommit hash: bb1dea909cdd856bbb42c42cddf52fc751edec4ccommit hash: bb1dea909cdd856bbb42c42cddf52fc751edec4ccommit hash: bb1dea909cdd856bbb42c42cddf52fc751edec4c files touched by this commit
Renato Botelho (garga) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Denny Page
net/mdns-bridge: New port

daemon for forwarding mDNS data between network interfaces. It
is intended for use by firewalls to provide service discovery
across network segments, with and without filtering, for both
IPv4 and IPv6.

PR:		282569
Sponsored by:	Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate")

Number of commits found: 5