# SONiC

Scripts which perform an installable binary image build for SONiC

Repository: https://github.com/sonic-net/sonic-buildimage
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sonic
Language: C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: hacktoberfest, sonic
Last push: 2026-09-02T23:29:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3830, "days_push": 0, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1018, forks 1934 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:18.018453+00:00)

## What it is
SONiC (Software for Open Networking in the Cloud) is a free, open-source network operating system based on Linux that runs on switches from multiple vendors and ASICs. It uses a container-based modular architecture and provides production-hardened networking features like BGP and RDMA used by large cloud providers.

## Use cases
- run an open-source network OS on data center switches
- replace vendor switch software with a multi-vendor NOS
- deploy BGP routing on whitebox switches
- manage data center networking with a containerized network OS
- build a cloud-scale network on commodity switch hardware
- harden RDMA networking in production data centers

## When to choose
- you operate data center switches and want vendor-neutral, open-source networking software
- you need production-proven BGP/RDMA support across multiple ASIC vendors
- you want a modular, containerized NOS that is easy to upgrade and debug

## When to avoid
- you need a simple home or small-office router solution
- your switch hardware is not on the supported devices list
- you lack Linux and networking expertise for operating a full NOS

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: networking, container-orchestration, configuration-management, monitoring
- domain: networking, cloud-computing, infrastructure-as-code, operating-systems
- platform: self-hosted, cloud
- tags: network-operating-system, switches, bgp, data-center, asic, onie, open-networking, data-engineering, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- sonic-net/sonic-buildimage (main) score 77
- sonic-net/SONiC (docs) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:18.018453+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 2026-08-30T07:35:07.682994+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sonic-net/sonic-buildimage (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:18.018453+00:00, sha 9921eed60b22)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.