What is it?
gorancid is a drop-in replacement for RANCID written in Go. It collects network device configurations, stores diffs in git, and emails changes — without the Perl/Tcl/Expect stack.
gorancid
A Go rewrite of RANCID — network device configuration management, modernized.
Key Features
- Native SSH and Telnet transport in Go
- Full compatibility with existing
rancid.conf,router.db, and.cloginrc - Git-backed config history with per-device diffs
- Read-only web UI for fleet browsing
- Drop-in CLI replacements with matching flags and exit codes
Quick Start
go build ./...
./rancid-ui -C /path/to/rancid.conf