# Install multicast-dns with npm

Low level multicast-dns implementation in pure javascript. Version 7.2.5 via npm; verified 2022-05-16.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:multicast-dns
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g multicast-dns
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:multicast-dns
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/multicast-dns>
- **Version:** 7.2.5
- **Source summary:** Low level multicast-dns implementation in pure javascript
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/mafintosh/multicast-dns>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/mafintosh/multicast-dns>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/mafintosh/multicast-dns>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/multicast-dns/-/multicast-dns-7.2.5.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/mafintosh/multicast-dns/issues>
- **Published:** 2022-05-16T08:18:55.104Z
- **Last updated:** 2022-05-16T08:18:55.104Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- multicast-dns (cli)
- multicast-dns (alias)

## Dependencies

- dns-packet
- thunky

## Build dependencies

- standard
- tape

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 7.2.5
- Package-manager updated: 2022-05-16
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/mafintosh/multicast-dns
- warning: The package-manager record has not been updated in over a year.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for multicast-dns. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 7.2.5
- **Version Count:** 41
- **Maintainers:** mafintosh, watson
- **Author:** Mathias Buus
- **Publisher:** mafintosh
- **Integrity:** sha512-2eznPJP8z2BFLX50tf0LuODrpINqP1RVIm/CObbTcBRITQgmC/TjcREF1NeTBzIcR5XO/ukWo+YHOjBbFwIupg==
- **Shasum:** 77eb46057f4d7adbd16d9290fa7299f6fa64cced
- **Unpacked Size:** 21,968
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2015-01-08T23:35:59.537Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2022-05-16T08:18:55.104Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-04-24T23:30:45.564Z


## Related links

- [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [dnssd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/dnssd/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: avahi, bonjour, discovery, javascript, mdns.
- [dohjs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/dohjs/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: dns, dns-packet, packet.
- [pbf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/pbf/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: implementation, javascript, level, low.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- package relationship graph
- cross-ecosystem install command graph