Rui CarmoUniversal Plug and Play, an Intel-centric norm that is used for things like dynamical location and configuration of network devices (it is quite different from Rendezvous in the sense that it covers both service discovery and interaction).
It can used for remote control of Windows Internet Sharing, punching holes in UPNP-enabled firewalls (MSN and most Bittorrent clients use it for precisely that purpose), etc., but most recently for configuration and media sharing among entertainment devices under DLNA.
Of course, Apple seem to keep wanting to do their own thing, and their own thing only, so there is no native UPnP support in Mac OS X - nor is it likely to ever happen, thanks to AirPlay and the like.
Resources
| Category | Link | Notes |
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| Libraries | Brisa | Another Python implementation with Qt bindings |
| miranda-upnp | The simplest possible Python library, weighing in at 50K of code. Includes discovery, enumeration, the works. |
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| upnpportmapping | a cross-platform library and tool |
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| upnpx | A Cocoa and C++ library for iOS and macOS |
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| gUPnP | a and GTK single-threaded framework to implement UPnP browsing and manipulation (including the creation of graphical tools) |
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| minidlna | A DLNA server and tools |
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| miniupnp | Heartily recommended, includes an easy-to-use IGD port mapping tool |
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| libupnp | The basic stuff |
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| Coherence | a Python framework, featuring an inspector for debugging. |
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| Servers | ps3mediaserver | Java DLNA server specifically developed to stream media to the PS3 |
| MediaTomb | trendy, somewhat ugly UX |
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| uShare UPnP A/V Media Server | simple, straightforward, written in C. |
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| Tools | UPnP Help | Test cases and tools |
| gupnp-igd | for poking ports through Internet Gateway Devices |
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| GUPNP Network Camera | a server and control point |
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| Miranda | a UPNP administration tool |