faucetsdn/ryu
Ryu component-based software defined networking framework observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5381
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 862
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1603 stars · 1175 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Ryu is a component-based software defined networking (SDN) framework written in Python, providing well-defined APIs for building network management and control applications. It supports OpenFlow 1.0-1.5, Netconf, OF-Config, and BGP, but the project is no longer maintained and needs new maintainers.
Use cases
- build an OpenFlow SDN controller in Python
- manage network devices with Netconf and OF-Config
- implement a BGP speaker
- prototype software defined networking applications
- control OpenFlow switches programmatically
- learn SDN and OpenFlow concepts
When to choose
- you need a Python framework to build OpenFlow controllers
- you want multi-protocol SDN support including Netconf and OF-Config
- you are doing SDN research or learning OpenFlow
- you prefer a component-based architecture with well-defined APIs
When to avoid
- you need a maintained project - Ryu explicitly states it is not currently maintained
- you want long-term support or active bug fixes
- you are starting a new production SDN deployment - consider OpenStack's os-ken instead
- you need non-Python tooling
Facets
framework · maturity abandoned
networking middleware api-framework routing networking developer-tools infrastructure-as-code python cross-platform sdn openflow netconf of-config network-controller bgp unmaintained linux
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/faucetsdn/ryu · fetched 2026-08-28 · f0ece643fb78
- homepage: https://ryu-sdn.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6e42e5f03a25
- site_page: https://ryu-sdn.org/resources.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 727cc6803fd0
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| faucetsdn/ryu | main | 32 |
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