Oxidized is a modern network device configuration backup tool designed as a lightweight, extensible replacement for RANCID. It supports over 130 operating system types and integrates natively with Git for version control.
| Year | Milestone |
|---|---|
| 2013 | 🚀 Initial Development - Created by Saku Ytti and Samer Abdel-Hafez |
| 2014 | 📊 TREX Presentation - Presented at networking conferences |
| 2015 | 📦 First Stable Release - Core functionality established |
| 2016-2018 | 🌱 Community Growth - Rapid adoption, 100+ contributors |
| 2019-2021 | 🔧 Feature Expansion - REST API, Git-Crypt output, enhanced device support |
| 2022-2024 | 🐳 Docker Adoption - Official Docker image, simplified deployment |
| 2025 | 📈 v0.35.0 - Latest release (December 2025), 3,345 commits, 419 contributors |
Oxidized was created to address limitations in RANCID:
oxidized/oxidized)Oxidized is explicitly designed as a RANCID replacement:
| Feature | RANCID | Oxidized |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Perl, Shell | Ruby |
| Version Control | CVS, Git | Git (native) |
| Threading | Single-threaded | Multi-threaded |
| API | None | RESTful API |
| Device Support | ~50 types | 130+ types |
| User Tracking | Limited | Syslog integration |