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BlueCat Address Manager vs Open Network Diagram

BlueCat Address Manager

bluecatnetworks.com

Open Network Diagram

github.com

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FigureBlueCat Address ManagerOpen Network Diagram
Price from—Free
Free plan—Yes
Free trial——
Open source——
WebYesYes
API—Yes
Self-hosted—Yes
Plans published01
Spec score · Network Documentation Software6.2 (#25)8.1 (#12)

Plans

BlueCat Address Manager

No plans published.

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Open Network Diagram

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BlueCat Address Manager

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Open Network Diagram

Open Network Diagram is a free, self-hosted tool for visualizing and managing home lab and network architecture. It provides network, Hosts & VMs, and rack views for mapping topology and inventory, including subnets, VLANs, virtual machines and rack positions. Connections can record cable type, colour and length. Its IPAM panel reports subnet utilization, detects duplicate addresses and suggests the next free IP. The application keeps JSON as its source of truth; self-hosted changes autosave, writes are persisted atomically, and rolling backups retain the last five files. Deployment is Docker-first, with writable data volumes and Docker Compose support. The runtime exposes GET and PUT operations at /api/network-data, and published Docker images support AMD64 and 64-bit ARM, including Raspberry Pi systems. The project is licensed under GNU GPL v3 and has no runtime dependency on external APIs. It does not include authentication or TLS. The project warns that topology details may expose sensitive infrastructure information and advises restricting access or using an authenticated TLS-terminating reverse proxy.

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