{"categories":[{"label":"Utilities","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/utilities/8"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"NAPALM provides a unified Python API to interact with network devices from multiple vendors, abstracting away vendor-specific differences for configuration management and data retrieval.","skillfed_tags":["network-automation","multivendor-support","device-abstraction"],"use_cases":["Retrieve operational data (facts, interfaces, routes) from multiple vendor devices in a single script.","Push configuration changes to routers from different vendors using a unified method call.","Integrate network device management into Ansible playbooks or SaltStack states without vendor-specific modules.","Validate network device configurations by comparing running and intended state across a fleet.","Build custom network automation tools that work across multiple supported network operating systems."],"what_it_does":"NAPALM is a Python library that abstracts network device vendor differences behind a single API, letting you write automation code once and run it against multiple supported platforms. It handles the low-level details of connecting via SSH, NETCONF, or vendor APIs, and provides methods to retrieve device facts, configuration data, and operational state, as well as to push configuration changes.\n\nThe library is designed for network engineers and automation platforms (Ansible, SaltStack, StackStorm) that need to manage heterogeneous networks without rewriting logic for each vendor. It depends on vendor-specific libraries like netmiko, junos-eznc, and ncclient to handle device communication, and uses textfsm and jinja2 for parsing and templating. Device-specific caveats and feature requirements are documented, and the library provides a CLI tool for testing connectivity and basic operations.","worth_installing":"Yes\u2014if you manage or automate networks with multiple vendor devices. NAPALM is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and is widely adopted. The 15 runtime dependencies are substantial but necessary for vendor support; verify your target devices are in the supported list before committing. Requires Python 3.10+."},"id":"napalm","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/napalm","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/napalm.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/napalm/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-07-27","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"napalm","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Network Automation and Programmability Abstraction Layer with Multivendor support"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":205706,"position":9583,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"5.2.0"}