Librenms
App in the BluixApps catalog
What it is
LibreNMS is a network monitoring system — auto-discovers devices via SNMP, tracks port utilization, alerts on bandwidth / availability, supports 200+ device vendors (Cisco, Juniper, MikroTik, Ubiquiti, HP, Aruba, Fortinet). The OSS heir to Observium's legacy.
For network engineers responsible for keeping networks alive, LibreNMS is the established self-hosted monitoring choice.
What it's for
- Network device monitoring — switches, routers, firewalls, APs, servers
- Bandwidth tracking — per-port utilization over time
- Alerting — email / Slack / webhook on threshold breach
- Topology mapping — auto-generated network diagrams
- Inventory management — track device firmware, vendors, locations
Who it's for
- Network engineers managing multi-vendor enterprise networks
- MSPs monitoring customer networks at scale
- ISPs tracking network health across infrastructure
- Sysadmins monitoring server + network in one tool
- Hosting providers giving customers network visibility
Why teams pick LibreNMS over alternatives
- GPL-3.0 — fully open, commercial use clear
- 200+ vendor support — most comprehensive in OSS NMS
- Auto-discovery — find devices via SNMP without manual config
- Alerting flexible — extensive transport options
- Multi-tenancy — separate views per customer (MSP use case)
- Active development — frequent releases, strong community
Integrations
- Protocols — SNMP v1/v2c/v3, ICMP, WMI, IPMI for sensors
- Vendor support — Cisco, Juniper, MikroTik, Ubiquiti, Aruba, HP, Fortinet, Palo Alto, Sophos
- Alert transports — email, Slack, Discord, PagerDuty, Telegram, MS Teams, webhook, custom
- Authentication — local + LDAP + Radius + AD
- API — REST API for programmatic device management
- Maps — geographic + topology auto-discovery
- Smokeping integration — ping latency tracking
Notable users & community
- 4k+ GitHub stars
- Used by ISPs and MSPs worldwide
- Active community + IRC channel
- Long-running OSS project (fork of Observium)
- Featured in network monitoring tool roundups
Tips & operations
- Use SNMPv3 in production — SNMPv2c sends credentials in cleartext
- Poller scaling — single poller fine for <100 devices; distributed pollers for thousands
- Configure RRD via Cache — RRDCached speeds up RRD writes significantly
- Persistent storage — MySQL + RRD files + logs all need volumes
- Mind disk I/O — RRD writes are I/O heavy; SSD recommended
- Backup MySQL + RRD — both essential for historical data
What we ship in BluixApps
- Docker compose: LibreNMS + MariaDB + Redis + Memcached
- Pinned
librenms/librenms:latest(release-tagged) - HTTPS via Let's Encrypt
- Admin user via env config
- Persistent volumes for DB + RRD + logs
- RRDCached for performance
- Backup hook covers MariaDB + RRD files
Get this app — pick a BluixApps plan
Same catalog. Scaling tenant isolation, white-label and support tier.
| Tier | Tenants | Catalog | Support | White-label | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stacks | 1 | 19 curated stacks | Standard | — | $19/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Starter | 10 | Full catalog | Standard | +$15–25/mo | $49/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Pro | 25 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $149/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Growth | 100 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $349/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Scale | 500 | Full catalog | 7-day window | +$15–25/mo | $799/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Enterprise | Unlimited | Full catalog | Priority 7-day | Bundled | $1,499/mo | DetailDeploy |