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NetBox is an IP address management (IPAM) and data center infrastructure
management (DCIM) tool. Initially conceived by the network engineering team at
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NetBox is an infrastructure resource modeling (IRM) tool designed to empower
network automation. Initially conceived by the network engineering team at
[DigitalOcean](https://www.digitalocean.com/), NetBox was developed specifically
to address the needs of network and infrastructure engineers. It is intended to
function as a domain-specific source of truth for network operations.
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The complete documentation for NetBox can be found at [Read the Docs](https://netbox.readthedocs.io/en/stable/). A public demo instance is available at https://demo.netbox.dev.
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# What is NetBox?
NetBox is an open source web application designed to help manage and document computer networks. Initially conceived by the network engineering team at [DigitalOcean](https://www.digitalocean.com/), NetBox was developed specifically to address the needs of network and infrastructure engineers. It encompasses the following aspects of network management:
NetBox is an infrastructure resource modeling (IRM) application designed to empower network automation. Initially conceived by the network engineering team at [DigitalOcean](https://www.digitalocean.com/), NetBox was developed specifically to address the needs of network and infrastructure engineers. NetBox is made available as open source under the Apache 2 license. It encompasses the following aspects of network management:
* **IP address management (IPAM)** - IP networks and addresses, VRFs, and VLANs
* **Equipment racks** - Organized by group and site