# nornir-automation/nornir

Pluggable multi-threaded framework with inventory management to help operate collections of devices

Repository: https://github.com/nornir-automation/nornir
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nornir
Homepage: https://nornir.readthedocs.io/
Language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-26T07:18:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 87/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 64, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3547, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 31, "gap_med": 570, "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 1613, forks 260 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:11.158135+00:00)

## What it is
Nornir is a pure Python automation framework for operating collections of network devices, providing pluggable inventory management and multi-threaded task dispatch. Unlike DSL-based tools, everything is controlled directly from Python code.

## Use cases
- automate configuration of network devices at scale
- run tasks against many routers and switches in parallel
- manage network device inventory from Python
- gather facts and state from network equipment
- push firmware or config changes to device fleets
- replace DSL-based tools like Ansible for network automation

## When to choose
- you want network automation written purely in Python without a DSL
- you need multi-threaded execution against large device inventories
- you prefer debugging with standard Python tools like pdb
- you want a pluggable framework you can extend with custom plugins

## When to avoid
- you need a turnkey tool with built-in device connection plugins out of the box
- your team prefers declarative DSL-based automation like Ansible
- you are not comfortable writing Python code

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: workflow-automation, plugin-system, concurrency, developer-tools
- domain: networking, developer-tools, infrastructure-as-code
- platform: python, cross-platform, cli
- tags: network-automation, inventory-management, device-configuration, multi-threaded, network-devices, automation

## Member repositories
- nornir-automation/nornir (main) score 87

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:11.158135+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 2026-08-30T03:51:07.325793+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nornir-automation/nornir (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:11.158135+00:00, sha d0fb830cc248)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/nornir/json (fetched 2026-08-29T11:23:26.736484+00:00, sha 889854124682)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.