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NetBox: Network Automation

Get network automation with NetBox, used by founders, for infrastructure management.
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21,239 stars3,084 forksPythonGuide quality 8/10Updated 8/1/2026100% free ยท open source
What it is

Use NetBox to automate network setup and management for your infrastructure.

Real use case example

"A founder, Alex, is building a new data center. Alex uses NetBox to automate network setup, map devices, and track cables. After 1-2 hours of setup and configuration, Alex's network is automatically inventoried, and changes are tracked with full visibility."

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When to use it
  • โ€ขWhen you need to document and manage your network infrastructure as your startup grows
  • โ€ขWhen you want to automate network configuration and provisioning
  • โ€ขWhen you need to integrate your network infrastructure with other tools and systems
Ready-to-paste prompt
Run `python netbox/manage.py nbshell` to access the NetBox shell and start automating your network infrastructure
Heads up: Make sure you have Python 3.8 or higher installed, as NetBox requires it to run, and also be aware that you need to configure the database settings in `netbox/development.py` before running the migrations
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Use with Claude
New

Skip the builder โ€” one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

โœ… Light setup

Installs with a command or two; your AI agent can do it for you.

Try it instantly โ€” no install
Claude Code
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/netbox && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/netbox/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/netbox/SKILL.md
Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go โ€” no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)
claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

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How NetBox: Network Automation works
Codeflow
Free to inspect

NetBox: Network Automation is a very large Python project (~142k lines across 1086 code files, plus 192 test files). Setup is light: installs like a normal app. Reading the code is optional. Last commit this month, Apache-2.0 license, has a test suite.

Size
Very large codebase
~142k lines ยท 1086 code files ยท days to read โ€” use, don't read
Setup
One-command install
Installs like a normal app. Reading the code is optional.
Runs on
Python
No API keys detected
Python 96%HTML 3%TypeScript 1%
Where to start reading
  1. 1
    README.md
    Start here โ€” what it does and how to install it
  2. 2
    AGENTS.md
    The instructions the AI actually follows
  3. 3
    pyproject.toml
    Dependencies and the commands it exposes
  4. 4
    netbox/account/__init__.py
    Inside netbox/ โ€” the main logic begins here
What's in each folder
netbox/Core code โ€” the actual logic1794 files
docs/Documentation293 files
scripts/Helper scripts12 files
contrib/Community contributions9 files
.github/CI / automation (GitHub Actions)22 files
.claude/Editor / agent settings8 files
.tx/Tool / agent settings1 files
READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksApache-2.0 licenseUpdated this month
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Details
Creator
netbox-community
Language
Python
Category
automation
Published
2/29/2016

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