# nautobot/nautobot

Network Source of Truth & Network Automation Platform

Repository: https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nautobot
Homepage: https://docs.nautobot.com
Language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: nautobot, python, network-automation, ipam, dcim, sot, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-26T14:17:56+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 86, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2021, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 16, "gap_med": 8.5, "n_releases_24m": 87}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1586, forks 416 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:07.780733+00:00)

## What it is
Nautobot is an open-source Network Source of Truth and Network Automation Platform built as a Django web application with PostgreSQL or MySQL. It provides extensible data models for IPAM, DCIM, circuits, and cables, plus REST APIs, GraphQL, Git integration, webhooks, and a plugin (App) system for building custom network automation applications.

## Use cases
- manage IP addresses and subnets as a source of truth
- track data center devices, racks, and cabling
- build custom network automation apps on a platform
- integrate network data with automation tools via REST API or GraphQL
- load intended network state from Git repositories
- replace spreadsheets for network documentation
- aggregate multiple data sources into a single source of truth

## When to choose
- you need a flexible, self-hosted network source of truth with IPAM and DCIM
- you want to build custom network automation apps with auth, permissions, and change logging built in
- you need REST APIs, GraphQL, webhooks, and Git-based data loading for network automation
- you are migrating from NetBox and want a more extensible plugin architecture

## When to avoid
- you only need a lightweight IP address tracker without a full platform
- you cannot operate a Django application with PostgreSQL/MySQL and its infrastructure
- your needs are purely cloud resource inventory rather than network infrastructure

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: web-framework, api-framework, graphql, webhook, plugin-system, self-hosted, developer-tools
- domain: networking, self-hosted, web-development, infrastructure-as-code, developer-tools
- platform: self-hosted, python
- tags: ipam, dcim, source-of-truth, network-automation, netbox-fork, django, network-management, automation, linux, macos, docker, kubernetes, web-server

## Member repositories
- nautobot/nautobot (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:07.780733+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 2026-08-30T03:55:29.856071+00:00, confidence not recorded.
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  - site_page: https://docs.nautobot.com/projects/core/en/stable (fetched 2026-08-29T11:26:20.552198+00:00, sha 0f420b5ba4cd)
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  - site_page: https://docs.nautobot.com/projects/core/en/stable/user-guide/feature-guides/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T11:26:20.563019+00:00, sha 09a09f674885)
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  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/nautobot/json (fetched 2026-08-29T11:26:20.566363+00:00, sha 013766dee148)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.