ze

Open-source network operating system for Linux that speaks BGP and manages interfaces and the FIB.

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Ze is a free, open-source network operating system for Linux that speaks BGP, manages network interfaces, programs the kernel forwarding table, and serves its own configuration over SSH and a web UI, plus an MCP server so an AI assistant can query and operate it. It's built around a minimal core with everything else as swappable plugins, and existing ExaBGP configs and plugins migrate via a bridge. It's aimed at network engineers who want a self-hosted, extensively tested, programmable BGP router with no per-instance vendor license, though it remains pre-release for production route-reflection use.

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