# ktbyers/netmiko

Multi-vendor library to simplify Paramiko SSH connections to network devices

Repository: https://github.com/ktbyers/netmiko
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/netmiko
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-18T19:48:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 82/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 51, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4296, "days_push": 15, "days_rel": 113, "gap_med": 258.5, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4264, forks 1391 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:40.659981+00:00)

## What it is
Netmiko is a multi-vendor Python library that simplifies SSH CLI connections to network devices, built on top of Paramiko. It abstracts low-level screen-scraping details for gathering show command output and making configuration changes across a broad set of networking platforms.

## Use cases
- automate ssh cli connections to cisco and other network switches
- run show commands on network devices with python
- push configuration changes to routers and switches programmatically
- screen-scrape network device output without regex handling
- bulk network device automation across multiple vendors
- secure copy files to network devices over ssh

## When to choose
- you need to automate CLI interactions with multi-vendor network equipment in Python
- you want to avoid low-level expect/regex handling for device prompts
- you need broad platform support for routers, switches, and firewalls

## When to avoid
- you need modern API-based device management (NETCONF/RESTCONF/gNMI)
- your devices expose proper REST APIs you can call directly
- you need high-performance concurrent configuration of thousands of devices

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: ssh, developer-tools, workflow-automation
- domain: networking, developer-tools
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: network-automation, ssh, cli-scraping, network-devices, paramiko, multi-vendor, automation

## Member repositories
- ktbyers/netmiko (main) score 82

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:40.659981+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 2026-08-29T18:22:04.218416+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ktbyers/netmiko (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:40.659981+00:00, sha d407cfae6837)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/netmiko/json (fetched 2026-08-29T09:11:34.653532+00:00, sha 33650519fc9a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.