Exa-Networks/exabgp

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

ExaBGP is a Python-based BGP protocol implementation that lets network engineers control and interact with BGP sessions through a JSON API and external scripts. Unlike traditional BGP daemons, it does not manipulate the FIB, focusing instead on protocol flexibility for automation and monitoring.

Use cases

• inject and withdraw BGP routes from scripts for traffic engineering
• mitigate DDoS attacks by announcing blackhole routes or FlowSpec filters
• build cross-datacenter failover by migrating service IPs via BGP
• collect network topology data using BGP-LS or Add-Path
• automate anycast network control
• run a BGP looking glass or route collector for monitoring

When to choose

• you need to script or programmatically control BGP announcements
• you want a lightweight BGP speaker without FIB manipulation
• you need broad address family support like FlowSpec, EVPN, BGP-LS, or SRv6 in a test lab
• you are building DDoS mitigation or anycast automation

When to avoid

• you need a production router that installs routes into the kernel FIB (use FRRouting or BIRD)
• you need maximum performance, in which case the Go successor Ze is recommended
• you want a GUI or turnkey routing solution rather than a scriptable toolkit

Facets

application · maturity active

networking monitoring developer-tools sdk networking security python cross-platform bgp bgp-daemon flowspec bgp-ls ddos-mitigation anycast traffic-engineering route-injection sdn devops automation linux macos docker

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