osc server discovery

[vlappa]

I'm looking for something that can discover if there is a osc server (open sound control, udp) running on the same computer or in the local network.

Let's say there is a osc server with certain functionality and a tool is used to find if such a server is running (and on which port). A application might then start a server if none is running, give the user the option to connect to a running server, or let the user choose which server it wants to use.

Could peerdiscovery be helpful for this? I saw this project is using bonjour/avahi. https://github.com/rbdannenberg/o2

I'm just orientating at the moment for possible solutions and stumbled upon this project.