SONiC
Landing page for Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC) - https://sonic-net.github.io/SONiC/ observed · 2026-10-15
Health v2 · maintenance only
77/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3911
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 6
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2942 stars · 1397 forks observed · 2026-10-15
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
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
application · maturity active
networking container-orchestration configuration-management monitoring networking cloud-computing infrastructure-as-code operating-systems self-hosted cloud network-operating-system switches bgp data-center asic onie open-networking data-engineering linux docker
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/sonic-net/SONiC · fetched 2026-10-15 · 9921eed60b22
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| sonic-net/SONiC | main | 77 |
| sonic-net/sonic-buildimage | backend | 77 |
| sonic-net/sonic-mgmt | examples | 76 |
| sonic-net/sonic-swss | backend | 76 |
| sonic-net/sonic-utilities | backend | 75 |
| sonic-net/sonic-sairedis | backend | 76 |
| sonic-net/sonic-platform-vpp | plugin | 75 |
| sonic-net/sonic-swss-common | backend | 76 |
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