Kathará is an open source container-based network emulation system for showing
interactive demos/lessons, testing production networks in a sandbox environment, or
developing new network protocols.
Kathará extremely simplifies the creation of complex network scenarios.
Network devices are emulated by containers interconnected by virtual Layer-2 LANs.
Easy configuration of complex networks
Network devices emulated by containers
Several ready-to-use images
Powerful Deployment
Kathará emulates network scenarios using either Docker or Kubernetes as backend
virtualization system.
Low resources consumption
Fast deployments on your laptop using Docker
Multi-server deployments using Kubernetes
Open Source
Kathará is a Python open source project, well documented and with an active community.
Feel free to contribute!