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Avahi

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Avahi

Summary

Avahi is a free software[1]. Avahi ranks in the top 5% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (81 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Avahi authored Lennart Poettering[3].
  • Avahi is the creator of Lennart Poettering[4].
  • Avahi is the creator of Trent Lloyd[5].
  • Avahi's instance of is recorded as free software[6].
  • Woolly lemur is named after Avahi[7].
  • Avahi's developer is recorded as Lennart Poettering[8].
  • Avahi's copyright license is recorded as GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1[9].
  • Avahi's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[10].
  • Avahi's operating system is recorded as Linux[11].
  • Avahi's operating system is recorded as macOS[12].
  • Avahi's software version identifier is recorded as 0.6.31[13].
  • Avahi's software version identifier is recorded as 0.6.32[14].
  • Avahi's software version identifier is recorded as 0.7[15].
  • Avahi's software version identifier is recorded as 0.8[16].
  • Avahi's software version identifier is recorded as 0.9-rc1[17].
  • Avahi's software version identifier is recorded as 0.9-rc2[18].
  • Avahi's software version identifier is recorded as 0.9-rc3[19].
  • Avahi's software version identifier is recorded as 0.9-rc4[20].
  • Avahi's software version identifier is recorded as 0.9-rc5[21].
  • Avahi's Commons category is recorded as Avahi (Software)[22].
  • Avahi's official website is recorded as https://www.avahi.org/[23].
  • Avahi's source code repository URL is recorded as https://github.com/avahi/avahi[24].
  • Avahi's different from is recorded as Avahi[25].
  • Avahi's implementation of is recorded as Multicast DNS[26].
  • Avahi's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Avahi authored Lennart Poettering[3]. Created works include Lennart Poettering[4], a software developer[28], b. 1980[29], of Germany[30] and Trent Lloyd[5].

Why It Matters

Avahi ranks in the top 5% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (81 views/month).[2] Avahi has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Avahi is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Related Entities

free software Lennart Poettering Linux macOS

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Alpine linux package → avahi
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9045]]: avahi, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/324946594|avahi (#324946594)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8507|Alpine Linux package]] #mix'"
  2. 12w ago · Dexxor · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Operating system → Linux, macOS
    Different from → Avahi
    Website → —
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 0.9-rc5"
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