ytti/oxidized

Health v2 · maintenance only

Adoption not part of the score

3529 stars · 1055 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Oxidized is a network device configuration backup tool that periodically fetches running configs from network equipment and stores them, with support for over 130 operating system types. It is a lightweight, extensible RANCID replacement with a REST API and git-based output for tracking config changes.

Use cases

• back up network device configurations automatically
• replace RANCID for network config archival
• track who changed a router config with git blame
• fetch and diff switch or firewall configurations
• trigger config backups on syslog change events
• store device configs in git with version history

When to choose

• you need scheduled config backups across many vendors and OS types
• you want configs versioned in git with per-user attribution
• you need a REST API to trigger or query config fetches

When to avoid

• you need a full NMS with monitoring and alerting rather than config backup
• you require guaranteed long-term maintenance, as the project is seeking a maintainer
• your environment is not Ruby-friendly and you prefer a non-Ruby toolchain

Facets

application · maturity maintenance

backup networking developer-tools api-framework version-control networking self-hosted bsd ruby cli self-hosted network-configuration-backup rancid-replacement network-device-management git-output config-diff devops automation linux macos docker

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