How do apps discover IoT Devices?

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  • MDNS_Generic

    Discontinued mDNS Library for nRF52, SAMD21, SAMD51, SAM DUE, STM32F/L/H/G/WB/MP1, AVR Mega, RP2040-based boards, etc. using Ethernet W5x00. Supports mDNS (Registering Services) and DNS-SD (Service Discovery). Ethernet_Generic library is used as default for W5x00

  • Tasmota

    Alternative firmware for ESP8266 and ESP32 based devices with easy configuration using webUI, OTA updates, automation using timers or rules, expandability and entirely local control over MQTT, HTTP, Serial or KNX. Full documentation at

  • BTW, there is one more way - if your devices are connecting to some kind of central hub, e.g. MQTT broker, they may send a "sticky" (retained) message with discovery info to some known topic - Tasmota is using this way, devices are publishing to tasmota/discovery/id and every time MQTT client connects it gets lastly updated autoconf info.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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