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ListofOpenFlowSoftwareProjects(thatIknowof)

(IamtryingtokeeparunninglistofallOpenFlowrelatedsoftwareprojectswhereeitherthebitsorthesourceareavailable
online.IfyouknowofonethatI'mmissing,pleaseemailmeandI'llincludeit)

SwitchSoftwareandStandAloneOpenFlowStacks

OpenvSwitch:(C/Python)OpenvSwitchisaanOpenFlowstackthatisusedbothasavswitchinvirtualizedenvironmentsand
hasbeenportedtomultiplehardwareplatforms.ItisnowpartoftheLinuxkernel(asof3.3).

OpenFlowReference:(C)TheOpenFlowreferenceimplementationisaminimalOpenFlowstackthattracksthespec.

Pica8:(C)AnopenswitchsoftwareplatformforhardwareswitchingchipsthatincludesanL2/L3stackandsupportforOpenFlow.

Indigo:(C)IndigoisaforhardwareswitchingOpenFlowimplementationbasedontheStanfordreferenceimplementation.

Pantou:(C)PontouisanOpenFlowporttotheOpenWRTwirelessenvironment.

OpenFaucet:(Python)OpenFaucetisapurePythonimplementationoftheOpenFlow1.0.0protocol,basedonTwisted.
OpenFaucetcanbeusedtoimplementbothswitchesandcontrollersinPython.

OpenFlowJ:(Java)OpenFlowstackwritteninJava.

Oflibnode:(Javascript)OflibnodeisanOpenFlowprotocollibraryforNode.ItconvertsbetweenOpenFlowwireprotocol
messagesandJavascriptobjects.

Nettle:(Haskell)OpenFlowlibrarywritteninHaskell.

ControllerPlatforms

POX:(Python)PoxasageneralSDNcontrollerthatsupportsOpenFlow.IthasahighlevelSDNAPIincludingaqueriable
topologygraphandsupportforvirtualization.

IRIS:(Java)aResursiveSDNOpenflowControllercreatedbyIRISResearchTeamofETRI.OurvisionwastocreateanSDN
controllerplatformwiththefollowingfeatures:(a)HorizontalScalabilityforcarriergradenetwork(b)HighAvailabilitywith
transparentfailoverfromfailure(c)MultidomainsupportwithrecursivenetworkabstractionbasedonOpenflow

MUL:(C)ML,isanopenflow(SDN)controller.IthasaCbasedmulithreadedinfrastructureatitscore.Itsupportsamultilevel
northboundinterfaceforhookingupapplications.Itisdesignedforperformanceandreliabilitywhichistheneedofthehourfor
deploymentinmissioncriticalnetworks.

NOX:(C++/Python)NOXwasthefirstOpenFlowcontroller.

Jaxon:(Java)JaxonisaNOXdependentJavabasedOpenFlowController.

Trema:(C/Ruby)TremaisafullstackframeworkfordevelopingOpenFlowcontrollersinRubyandC.

Beacon:(Java)BeaconisaJavabasedcontrollerthatsupportsbotheventbasedandthreadedoperation.

Floodlight:(Java)TheFloodlightcontrollerisJavabasedOpenFlowController.ItwasforkedfromtheBeaconcontroller,
originallydevelopedbyDavidEricksonatStanford.

Maestro:(Java)MaestroisanOpenFlow"operatingsystem"fororchestratingnetworkcontrolapplications.

NDDIOESS:OESSisanapplicationtoconfigureandcontrolOpenFlowEnabledswitchesthroughaverysimpleanduser
friendlyUserInterface.

Ryu:(Python)RyuisanopensourcedNetworkOperatingSystem(NOS)thatsupportsOpenFlow.

NodeFlow(JavaScript)NodeFlowisanOpenFlowcontrollerwritteninpureJavaScriptforNode.JS.

ovscontroller(C)TrivialreferencecontrollerpackagedwithOpenvSwitch.
SpecialPurposeControllers

RouteFlowRouteFlow,isanopensourceprojecttoprovidevirtualizedIProutingservicesoverOpenFlowenabledhardware.
RouteFlowiscomposedbyanOpenFlowControllerapplication,anindependentRouteFlowServer,andavirtualnetwork
environmentthatreproducestheconnectivityofaphysicalinfrastructureandrunsIProutingengines(e.g.Quagga).

Flowvisor(Java)FlowVisorisaspecialpurposeOpenFlowcontrollerthatactsasatransparentproxybetweenOpenFlow
switchesandmultipleOpenFlowcontrollers.

SNAC(C++)SNACisanOpenFlowcontrollerbuiltonNOX,whichusesawebbasedpolicymanagertomanagethenetwork.

ResonanceResonanceisaNetworkAccessControlapplicationbuiltusingNOXandOpenFlow.

Oflops(C)OFlops(OpenFLowOperationsPerSecond)isastandalonecontrollerthatbenchmarksvariousaspectsofan
OpenFlowswitch.

Misc

IronflowironflowisaIFMAPclienttomaptheoffereddatafromanOpenflowcontrollerintotheMAPInfrastructure.Inaddition
ironflowoffersthepossibilitytoreactonrequestforInvestigationrequestswiththeblockingofnetworktrafficforthehosts
quotedintherequest.

STSSDNTroubleshootingSimulator

FlowScaleFlowScaleisaprojecttodivideanddistributetrafficovermultiplephysicalswitchports.FlowScalereplicatesthe
functionalityinloadbalancingappliancesbutusingaTopofRack(ToR)switchtodistributetraffic.

NICEOFNICEisatooltotestOpenFlowcontrollerapplicationfortheNOXcontrollerplatform.

OFTestOFTestisaPythonbasedOpenFlowswitchtestframeworkandcollectionoftestcases.Itisbasedonunittestwhichis
includedinthestandardPythondistribution.

MirageMirageisanexokernelforconstructingsecure,highperformancenetworkapplicationsacrossavarietyofcloud
computingandmobileplatforms.Apparently,itsupportsOpenFlow.

WakameVDC(Ruby)IaaSplatformthatusesOpenFlowforthenetworkingportion.

ENVIENVIisaGUIframeworkthatwasdesignedasanextensibleplatformwhichcanprovidethefoundationofmanyinteresting
OpenFlowrelatednetworkingvisualizations.

NS3(C++/Python)NS3isanetworksimulator.Ithasopenflowsupportbuiltintoemulateanopenflowenvironmentandalsoit
canbeusedforrealtimesimulations.

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