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Awesome SNMP

A curated list of awesome SNMP libraries, tools, and other resources.

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General

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

is an Internet Standard protocol for collecting and organizing information about managed devices on IP networks and for modifying that information to change device behaviour.

Libraries >C/C++

net-snmp

A suite of software for using and deploying the SNMP protocol (v1, v2c and v3 and the AgentX subagent protocol). Contains also Python bindings.

SNMP++

BSD licensed SNMP implemention from HP. Supports SNMP v1/2c/v3, thread-safety, and many more.

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AGENT++

The AGENT++ C++ framework provides a complete tri-lingual SNMP v1/2c/3 protocol engine and dispatcher for the development of SNMP agents. Apache licensed.

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AgentX++

The AgentX++ C++ framework provides a complete AgentX protocol (RFC 2741) implementation that adds AgentX master and sub-agent support to AGENT++ (Commercial).

openSNMP

BSD licensed multi-threaded implementation of SNMPv3.

Libraries >C#

C# SNMP Library

MIT licensed SNMP library for .NET with extensive SNMP standard support, latest .NET platform targets, as well as rich manager/agent samples.

SNMP Pro

Commercial extension that adds enterprise MIB support.

SnmpSharpNet

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) .Net library written in C# (csharp). Implements protocol version 1, 2 and 3.

Libraries >Erlang

Erlang/OTP SNMP

SNMP development is included as a component of the Erlang/Open Telecom Platform development environment.

Libraries >Go

gosnmp/gosnmp

An SNMP library written in Go. It provides Get, GetNext, GetBulk, Walk, BulkWalk, Set and Traps. It supports IPv4/IPv6, using SNMP v1/v2c/v3.

sleepinggenius2/gosmi

MIB parser in Go language.

posteo/go-agentx

A library with a pure Go implementation of the AgentX-Protocol.

Libraries >Java

SNMP4J

SNMP4J is an enterprise class, free open source, and state-of-the-art SNMP v1/2c/v3 implementation for Java™.

SNMP4J-Agent

SNMP4J-Agent is a Java™ API on top of the core SNMP4J API for the development of SNMP agents (command responders).

joeSNMP

joeSNMP is an open-source Java SNMP class library published under the LGPL.

Westhawk's SNMP

An open-sourced Java library that can be used for SNMP v1/v2c/v3. Supports traps, authentication and privacy. As authentication protocols it offers MD5 and SHA1.

mibble

Mibble is an open-source SNMP MIB (or SMI) parser library for Java.

Libraries >JavaScript

node-net-snmp

JavaScript implementation of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), implements versions 1, 2c and 3.

node-snmp-native

Native JavaScript SNMP library for Node.js.

node-snmpjs

This package provides a toolkit for SNMP agents and management applications in Node.js.

snmp-node

Native JavaScript SNMP library for Node.js.

Libraries >Lua

luasnmp

Lua binding to net-snmp library.

Libraries >PHP

php.net/SNMP

This is an SNMP extension for PHP, which is a wrapper around the net-snmp library.

FreeDSx/SNMP

A Pure PHP SNMP Library.

opensolutions/OSS_SNMP

A PHP SNMP library for people who hate SNMP, MIBs and OIDs!

Libraries >Python

pysnmp

This is a pure-Python, open source and free implementation of v1/v2c/v3 SNMP engine distributed under 2-clause BSD license.; This project is derived from the original repo.

pysmi

PySMI is a pure-Python implementation of SNMP SMI MIB parser.; This project is derived from the original repo.

gufo_snmp

The accelerated Python SNMP client library supporting both async and synchronous mode. It consists of a clean Python API for high-efficient BER parser and socket IO, implemented in the Rust language with PyO3 wrapper. Seems to be a bit early in the project's lifecycle, but it is easy to use and…

net-snmp Python bindings

Net-SNMP 5.4 and later contains Python bindings in the "python" sub-directory, though, they are not built by default.

easysnmp

A fork of net-snmp Python bindings that attempts to bring a more Pythonic interface to the library.

puresnmp

Pure Python3 SNMPv2 library without any dependencies.

snimpy

Snimpy is a Python-based tool providing a simple interface to build SNMP query.

python-netsnmpagent

This package allows to write net-snmp subagents in Python.

hnmp

HNMP is a high-level Python library to ease the pain of retrieving and processing data from SNMP-capable devices such as network switches, routers, and printers.

aiosnmp

Python package aiosnmp is an asynchronous SNMP client for use with asyncio. Only SNMP v2c is supported.

robotframework-snmplibrary

SNMPLibrary is a Robot Framework test library for testing SNMP.

Scapy

Packet manipulation program & library. Scapy has a module to build/dissect SNMP packets.

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Libraries >Ruby

ruby-netsnmp

SNMP library in ruby (v1, v2c, v3).

Libraries >Rust

snmp-parser

SNMP parser written in rust with nom parser combinator framework.

davedufresne/modern_snmp

Modern SNMP is a pure-Rust library for SNMPv3. This repository includes snmp_mp (SNMPv3 Message Processing) and snmp_usm (Implementation of the User-based Security Model (USM) for SNMPv3) crates.

Svedrin/sunt

This repository implements an SNMP Agent written in Rust.

Tools >CLIs

net-snmp

A suite of software for using and deploying the SNMP protocol (v1, v2c and v3 and the AgentX subagent protocol). Contains also Python bindings.

encode_keychange

Produces the KeyChange string for SNMPv3.

snmptranslate

Translates MIB OID names between numeric and textual forms.

snmpget

Communicates with a network entity using SNMP GET requests.

snmpgetnext

Communicates with a network entity using SNMP GETNEXT requests.

snmpbulkget

Communicates with a network entity using SNMP GETBULK requests.

snmpwalk

Retrieves a subtree of management values using SNMP GETNEXT requests.

snmpbulkwalk

Retrieves a subtree of management values using SNMP GETBULK requests.

snmpset

Communicates with a network entity using SNMP SET requests.

snmptest

Communicates with a network entity using SNMP requests.

snmptable

Retrieve an SNMP table and display it in tabular form.

snmpdelta

Monitor delta differences in SNMP Counter values.

snmpusm

Manipulates the SNMPv3 User-based-security user table.

snmpvacm

Manipulates the SNMPv3 View-based-access-control-module configuration tables.

snmpstatus

Retrieves a fixed set of management information from a network entity.

snmpnetstat

Display networking status and configuration information from a network entity via SNMP.

snmpdf

Displays disk information like the unix df tool using information collected from SNMP.

snmptrap

Sends SNMP TRAP or INFORM notification messages.

snmptrapd

An SNMP daemon that listens for SNMP TRAPs or INFORMs and logs or acts upon them.

traptoemail

This an snmptrapd handler script to convert snmp traps into emails.

net-snmp-config

Returns information about installed net-snmp libraries and binaries.

snmpconf

Creates and modifies SNMP configuration files.

fixproc

Fixes a process by performing the specified action.

snmpd

An SNMP agent that responds to SNMP requests for a given host.

mib2c

A MIB conversion utility that can translate MIB structures into other forms, such as C-code.

mib2c-update

This a script to merge custom code into updated mib2c code.

SNMP4JCLT

Use the SNMP4J Command Line Tool (CLT) to send SNMPv1/v2c/v3 requests and traps to a target with IPv4 or v6 based UDP, TCP, or TLSv1,2 transport (Commercial).

libsmi tools

Applications built on top of libsmi and an sh/awk script that are integrated with the libsmi distribution.

smilint

This is used to check MIB or PIB modules for syntax errors and semantics at some degree. SMIv1/v2 style MIB modules as well as SPPI PIB modules are supported.

smidump

This is a MIB/PIB compiler. It allows to dump the contents of a module in various formats: SMIv1, SMIv2, SMIng, SPPI, Import Trees, Type Definition Trees, OID Node Trees, MOSY Style, and CORBA IDL definitions according to the JIDM Specs, and others.

smidiff

This is a tool that parses two revisions of a MIB module and analyzes the modifications from the old to the new revision.

smiquery

This is a MIB/PIB query front end. It can be used to query single items from the command line.

smistrip

This is a simple shell/awk script that allows to extract MIB and PIB modules from documents, such as RFCs or Internet Drafts.

snmpsim

This is a pure-Python, open source and free implementation of SNMP agents simulator distributed under 2-clause BSD license.

snmpfwd

The SNMP Proxy Forwarder tool works as an application-level proxy with a built-in SNMP message router. Typical use case for an SNMP proxy is to work as an application-level firewall or a protocol translator that enables SNMPv3 access to a SNMPv1/SNMPv2c entity or vice versa.

snmpclitools

This is a collection of command-line SNMP tools written in pure-Python. The tools mimic their famous Net-SNMP counterparts. It includes snmpget.py, snmpset.py, snmpwalk.py, snmpbulkwalk.py, snmptrap.py, and snmptranslate.py, see here for more details.

snmpwn

SNMPwn is an SNMPv3 user enumerator and attack tool.

trapperkeeper

A suite of tools for ingesting and displaying SNMP traps. This is designed as a replacement for snmptrapd and to supplement existing stateful monitoring solutions.

SNMP Trap Translator

SNMPTT (SNMP Trap Translator) is an SNMP trap handler written in Perl for use with the Net-SNMP / UCD-SNMP snmptrapd program (www.net-snmp.org).

snmptt

SNMPTT (SNMP Trap Translator) is an SNMP trap handler written in Perl for use with the Net-SNMP / UCD-SNMP snmptrapd program (www.net-snmp.org). SNMPTT supports Linux, Unix and Windows.

snmpttconvert

Some vendors provide a file that can be imported into HP Openview using a HP Openview utility. snmpttconvert is a simple Perl script which will convert one of these files into the format used by snmptt.

snmpttconvertmib

The snmpttconvertmib is a Perl script which will read a MIB file and convert the TRAP-TYPE (v1) or NOTIFICATION-TYPE (v2) definitions into a configuration file readable by snmptt.

prometheus/snmp_exporter

This exporter is the recommended way to expose SNMP data in a format which Prometheus can ingest.

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trailofbits/onesixtyone

Fast SNMP Scanner.

SECFORCE/SNMP-Brute

Fast SNMP brute force, enumeration, CISCO config downloader and password cracking script.

zabbix-tools/mib2zabbix

This Perl script will generate a Zabbix v3 Template in XML format from an OID tree in a SNMP MIB file.

OIDrage

A lightweight standalone SNMPd mimic server based on any snmpwalk output. Easily scales to mock thousands of servers.

Tools >GUIs

net-snmp

A suite of software for using and deploying the SNMP protocol (v1, v2c and v3 and the AgentX subagent protocol). Contains also Python bindings.

agentpp/MIB Designer

Use MIB Designer to create, edit, manage, and explore SMI specifications (Commercial).

agentpp/MIB Explorer Pro

Use MIB Explorer to browse, configure, test&debug, monitor, and discover SNMPv1/2c/3 entities.

sharpsnmp/SNMP Pro

A family of modern SNMP products, featuring cross-platform MIB Designer/Compiler/Browser within VS Code, full v1/v2c/v3 coverage, MIB/SMI v1 and v2 support, as well as emulator and MCP bridge to AI tools. Commercial and open source .NET libraries are included too.

paessler/snmptester

This tool enables you to debug SNMP activities to find communication and/or data issues in SNMP monitoring configurations. Windows.

ireasoning/MIB Browser

This tool allows users to load standard, proprietary MIBs, and even some mal-formed MIBs. It also allows them to issue SNMP requests to retrieve agent's data, or make changes to the agent. Free for personal use.

ireasoning/SNMP Agent Simulator

Free SNMP Agent Simulator Java based application that can simulate SNMPv1/v2c/v3 agents.

Visual SNMP

Visual SNMP is a simple tool for testing access to SNMP agents. Currently SNMPGET and SNMPWALK are supported with some limited funcionality.

muonics/Online MIB validator

Free online MIB/PIB Validator based on MIB Smithy SDK.

toni-moreno/snmpcollector

SnmpCollector is a full featured Generic SNMP data collector with Web Administration Interface Open Source tool which has as main goal simplify the configuration for getting data from any device which snmp protocol support and send resulting data to an influxdb backend.

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Unbrowse SNMP

Unbrowse SNMP is a tool that helps to compile cryptic MIB files into an easy GUI view, retrieve and set MIB variables on devices, import snmpwalk dumps, receive traps, chart counters, and much more.

TWSNMP FK

An ultra-lightweight SNMP manager for Windows and Mac OS, featuring network mapping, polling, and AI analysis.

Publications >Books

The Networknomicon, or SNMP Mastery by Abdul Alhazred and Michael W. Lucas

The Simple Network Management Protocol, SNMP, empowers you to invoke ancient standards from the void. SNMP exposes the secrets of your network and servers, and--if you're careless--reconfigures them into unspeakable nightmares. It exposes your inadequate brain to the vast alien dimensions…

SNMP MIB Handbook by Larry Walsh

Essential Guide to SNMP MIB Development, Use, and Diagnosis.

Mauro, D. and Schmidt, K., 2005. Essential SNMP: Help for System and Network Administrators. " O'Reilly Media, Inc.".

Essential SNMP explores both commercial and open source packages, and elements like OIDs, MIBs, community strings, and traps are covered in depth. The book contains five new chapters and various updates throughout.

Snmp, Snmpv2, Snmpv3, and Rmon 1 and 2 by William Stallings

Presents a concise, focused & practical guide to SNMP-based network & internetwork management for network administrators, managers, & designers.

Perkins, D. and McGinnis, E., 1997. Understanding SNMP MIBs (p. 528). Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall PTR.

The first complete, practical insider's guide to writing SNMP MIBs.

Publications >RFCs

rfc1098

A Simple Network Management Protocol (version 1).

rfc1155

Structure and Identification of Management Information.

rfc2578

Structure of Management Information Version 2 (SMIv2).

rfc2741

Agent Extensibility (AgentX) Protocol Version 1.

rfc2742

Definitions of Managed Objects for Extensible SNMP Agents.

rfc3410

Introduction and Applicability Statements for Internet Standard Management Framework.

rfc3411

An Architecture for Describing Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Management Frameworks.

rfc3412

Message Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).

rfc3413

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Applications.

rfc3414

User-based Security Model (USM) for version 3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv3).

rfc3415

View-based Access Control Model (VACM) for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).

rfc3416

Version 2 of the Protocol Operations for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).

rfc3417

Transport Mappings for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).

rfc3418

Management Information Base (MIB) for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).

rfc3584

Coexistence between Version 1, Version 2, and Version 3 of the Internet-standard Network Management Framework.

rfc3826

The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Cipher Algorithm in the SNMP User-based Security Model.

rfc4088

Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) Scheme for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).

rfc5343

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Context EngineID Discovery.

rfc5590

Transport Subsystem for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).

rfc5591

Transport Subsystem for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).

rfc5592

Secure Shell Transport Model for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).

rfc7630

HMAC-SHA-2 Authentication Protocols in the User-based Security Model (USM) for SNMPv3.

Publications >Tutorials

net-snmp tutorials

This Wiki page contains various tutorials ranging from the basics of SNMP protocol to implementation of SNMP applications and agents using net-snmp library.

Public servers

snmp.ireasoning.com

Free public an SNMP agent for testing purpose.

MIB repositories

hsnodgrass/snmp_mib_archive

An archive of over 3000 unique SNMP MIBs.

kcsinclair/mibs

Another collection of MIBS used for SNMP. Make sure to clone the repository to see the full list of MIBs.

mibdepot.com

mibDepot is a free service to the SNMP community and offers a dictionary of MIBs and a unique-in-the-industry Search Engine with over 12,000 SNMP MIBs representing over 1,800,000 MIB object definitions.

oid-info.com

This OID repository gathers information about Object Identifiers (OIDs), and provides tools to display, update and search for this information.

michaelfmcnamara.com

Hand-curated list of MIBs by Michael McNamara.

snmplink.org/OnLineMIB

This website shows documentation of a set of MIBs with a built-in MIB viewer.

OnLineMIB/Standards

Standard: (ATM Forum, IANA, RFC) - RFC1065-5324.

OnLineMIB/Cisco

Cisco.

OnLineMIB/Juniper

Juniper.

OnLineMIB/Extreme

Extreme.

OnLineMIB/Brocade

Brocade.

oidview.com/mibs

This repository contains over 7000 unique MIBs from various vendors.

Miscellaneous

snmplink.org/OnLineMIB

This website shows documentation of a set of MIBs with a built-in MIB viewer.

SNMPTools.net

SNMPTools.net provides links and information about SNMP applications, toolkits, gateways, simulators, MIB browsers and many more.

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