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title: Bonjour

date: 2019-08-07T22:28:26.000Z

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Bonjour is a serverless messaging protocol developed by Apple, Inc. ([Apple

developer information on Bonjour](https://developer.apple.com/bonjour/))

based on XMPP that operates only on a local network.

{{% xep 0174 "This XMPP extension" %}} defines the protocol.

Yes. You must install Apple's [Bonjour Print Services for

Windows](https://support.apple.com/kb/DL999) to use this functionality.