date: 2019-08-07T22:28:26.000Z
lastmod: 2019-08-23T02:53:18.000Z 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.
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### Can I use Windows Pidgin for Bonjour? Yes. You must install Apple's [
Bonjour Print Services forWindows](
https://support.apple.com/kb/DL999) to use this functionality.
