# napalm-automation/napalm

Network Automation and Programmability Abstraction Layer with Multivendor support

Repository: https://github.com/napalm-automation/napalm
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/napalm
Language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-12T20:44:53+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 86/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 63, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4181, "days_push": 21, "days_rel": 37, "gap_med": 356, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2492, forks 594 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:56.531596+00:00)

## What it is
NAPALM is a Python library that provides a unified API for interacting with network devices from multiple vendors, such as routers and switches. It abstracts vendor-specific differences to support configuration manipulation and data retrieval across different network operating systems.

## Use cases
- manage network device configurations from multiple vendors with one API
- retrieve operational data from routers and switches programmatically
- push configuration changes to network devices via Python
- integrate network automation into Ansible or SaltStack
- write vendor-agnostic network automation scripts
- compare running and candidate configurations on network devices

## When to choose
- you need to automate devices from multiple network vendors through a single consistent API
- you want to integrate network device management into Ansible, SaltStack, or Nornir workflows
- you are building Python tooling for configuration deployment and state retrieval on routers and switches

## When to avoid
- you need a GUI or turnkey network management system rather than a programmable library
- your devices are not among the supported network operating systems or have known caveats
- you only manage a single vendor and prefer that vendor's native SDK

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: networking, configuration-management, developer-tools, workflow-automation
- domain: networking, developer-tools, infrastructure-as-code
- platform: python, cli, cross-platform
- tags: network-automation, multivendor, unified-api, router-configuration, ansible-integration, saltstack-integration, automation

## Member repositories
- napalm-automation/napalm (main) score 86

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:56.531596+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:27:46.200488+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/napalm-automation/napalm (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:56.531596+00:00, sha a3adb25e892a)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/napalm/json (fetched 2026-08-29T10:09:52.037062+00:00, sha c85052276d9c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.