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zerotier/ZeroTierOne

A Smart Ethernet Switch for Earth

Stack

C++ Cargo CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#decentralization #networking #peer-to-peer #sd-wan #sdn #virtual-network

Updated: 2026-09-03
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-07-04
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 406 open

17,117

stars

Forks: 1,974
Commits: 6,917 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

F-Stack/f-stack

F-Stack is an user space network development kit with high performance based on DPDK, FreeBSD TCP/IP stack and coroutine API.

Stack

C Meson Poetry

Updated: 2026-09-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-04-14
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 3 open

4,255

stars

Forks: 964
Commits: 1,768 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

osrg/gobgp

BGP implemented in the Go Programming Language

Stack

Go Cobra gRPC Go Go modules

Updated: 2026-09-02
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-09-14
History: 7 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 238 open

4,104

stars

Forks: 822
Commits: 3,996 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

snabbco/snabb

Snabb: Simple and fast packet networking

Stack

Lua

GitHub topics

#luajit #networking #nfv-framework #userspace-driver #userspace-networking

Updated: 2026-07-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-12-08
History: 7 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 15 open

3,032

stars

Forks: 297
Commits: 10,332 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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mtcp-stack/mtcp

mTCP: A Highly Scalable User-level TCP Stack for Multicore Systems

Stack

Updated: 2024-07-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-04-01
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 97 open

2,136

stars

Forks: 461
Commits: 384 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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aregm/nff-go

NFF-Go -Network Function Framework for GO (former YANFF)

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#cloud #cloud-native #containers #dpdk #dpdk-driver #go

Updated: 2022-11-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-03-30
History: 7 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 65 open

1,418

stars

Forks: 160
Commits: 999 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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floodlight/floodlight

Floodlight SDN OpenFlow Controller

Stack

Java Maven

Updated: 2024-04-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-12-16
History: 7 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 62 open

772

stars

Forks: 620
Commits: 3,164 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

p4lang/behavioral-model

The reference P4 software switch

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#bmv2 #p4 #p4lang

Updated: 2026-09-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-06-19
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 59 open

652

stars

Forks: 399
Commits: 1,454 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

noxrepo/pox

The POX network software platform

Stack

Python pip

Updated: 2024-10-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-06-10
History: 7 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 48 open

648

stars

Forks: 483
Commits: 2,110 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

openconfig/gnmi

gRPC Network Management Interface

Stack

Go gRPC Go Go modules

Updated: 2026-09-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-04-19
History: 7 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 68 open

612

stars

Forks: 218
Commits: 290 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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containernet/containernet

Mininet fork adding support for container-based (e.g. Docker) emulated hosts.

Stack

Python Flask pytest PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#container #containernet #docker #emulation #mininet #networking

Updated: 2024-09-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-12-09
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 31 open

466

stars

Forks: 212
Commits: 2,774 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

NetSys/bess

BESS: Berkeley Extensible Software Switch

Stack

C++ Flask pip

Updated: 2022-12-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-08-24
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 90 open

333

stars

Forks: 156
Commits: 2,976 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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CPqD/ofsoftswitch13

OpenFlow 1.3 switch.

Stack

GitHub topics

#openflow #sdn #sdn-switch

Updated: 2023-07-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-07-25
History: 7 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 48 open

307

stars

Forks: 190
Commits: 410 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

libos-nuse/net-next-nuse

Network Stack in Userspace

Stack

C pip

Updated: 2026-02-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2005-04-16
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 14 open

306

stars

Forks: 67
Commits: 563,631 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

smartbgp/yabgp

:bowtie:Yet Another BGP Python Implementation

AI dev

Stack

Python Flask pytest uv

GitHub topics

#api #bgp #python #sdn

Updated: 2026-05-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-04-14
History: 7 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 14 open

246

stars

Forks: 67
Commits: 552 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

frenetic-lang/frenetic

The Frenetic Programming Language and Runtime System

Stack

OCaml Tornado pip

Updated: 2023-11-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-12-21
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 22 open

229

stars

Forks: 51
Commits: 5,201 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

FlowForwarding/LINC-Switch

OpenFlow Software Switch written in Erlang

Stack

Erlang

Updated: 2015-08-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-03-05
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 84 open

211

stars

Forks: 77
Commits: 1,132 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

rumpkernel/drv-netif-dpdk

DPDK interface driver for userspace TCP/IP stack

Stack

Updated: 2015-10-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-05-23
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 3 open

200

stars

Forks: 53
Commits: 194 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

openconfig/gnoi

gRPC Network Operations Interface (gNOI) defines a set of gRPC-based microservices for executing operational commands on network devices.

Stack

Starlark gRPC Go Go modules

Updated: 2026-08-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-08-16
History: 7 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 73 open

194

stars

Forks: 90
Commits: 705 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

p4lang/ptf

Packet Test Framework

Stack

Python pytest uv

GitHub topics

#p4

Updated: 2026-09-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-09-15
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 25 open

175

stars

Forks: 117
Commits: 244 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

opennetworkinglab/flowvisor

FlowVisor - A network hypervisor

Archived

Stack

Java

Updated: 2013-09-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-09-12
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 84 open

168

stars

Forks: 71
Commits: 803 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

beluganos/beluganos

The new network OS designed for white-box switches based on open API.

Stack

Go pip

GitHub topics

#beluganos #bgp #ipv6 #mpls #network #of-dpa

Updated: 2023-03-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-10-05
History: 7 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 2 open

157

stars

Forks: 19
Commits: 197 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

PANTHEONtech/lighty

Lightweight OpenDaylight runtime library

AI dev

Stack

Java Spring Boot Maven

GitHub topics

#gnmi #java #lighty #netconf #openconfig #opendaylight

Updated: 2026-09-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-05-11
History: 7 history points
License: EPL-1.0
Issues: 9 open

150

stars

Forks: 81
Commits: 2,316 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

noxrepo/nox

The NOX Controller

Stack

C++

Updated: 2014-02-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-05-12
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 5 open

147

stars

Forks: 84
Commits: 28 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

os-libera/OpenVirteX

The OpenVirteX Virtualization Platform

Stack

Java Maven

Updated: 2023-12-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-07-18
History: 7 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: Disabled

102

stars

Forks: 60
Commits: 358 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

floodlight/loxigen

OpenFlow protocol bindings for multiple languages

Stack

Python Maven pip

Updated: 2023-04-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-03-25
History: 7 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 25 open

stars

Forks: 126
Commits: 2,304 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

netrack/openflow

The OpenFlow middleware library

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#go #networking #nfv #openflow #sdn

Updated: 2019-03-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-01-13
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 3 open

stars

Forks: 23
Commits: 160 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

floodlight/oftest

OpenFlow Switch Test Framework

Stack

Python

Updated: 2024-01-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-02-06
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 32 open

stars

Forks: 108
Commits: 1,148 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

dlinknctu/OpenNet

A Simulator for Software-Defined Wireless Local Area Network

Stack

Shell

Updated: 2017-09-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-10-16
History: 7 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 49 open

stars

Forks: 44
Commits: 167 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

kandoo/beehive-netctrl

Distributed SDN controller built on top of beehive.

Stack

GitHub topics

#go #openflow #openflow-controller #sdn #sdn-controller

Updated: 2016-03-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-09-07
History: 7 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 2 open

stars

Forks: 25
Commits: 111 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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