--- title: netsim-tools Renamed to netlab « ipSpace.net blog description: The netsim-tools project has been renamed to netlab, reflecting its evolution from a collection of scripts into a full intent-based lab-as-code system. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/netsim-tools-renamed-to-netlab-ipspace-net-blog-sqfwh3ccw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: netsim-tools Renamed to netlab « ipSpace.net blog | daily.dev og:description: The netsim-tools project has been renamed to netlab, reflecting its evolution from a collection of scripts into a full intent-based lab-as-code system. The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/netsim-tools-renamed-to-netlab-ipspace-net-blog-sqfwh3ccw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/sqFWH3CcW.png og:image:alt: netsim-tools Renamed to netlab « ipSpace.net blog og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # netsim-tools Renamed to netlab « ipSpace.net blog **[ipSpace.net Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The netsim-tools project has been renamed to netlab, reflecting its evolution from a collection of scripts into a full intent-based lab-as-code system. The Python package is now called networklab on PyPI. There are no changes to functionality, CLI commands, or documentation. Users should uninstall netsim-tools and install networklab, or upgrade via pip which will handle the transition automatically. GitHub repositories have also been renamed from ipspace/netsim-tools to ipspace/netlab, with automatic redirects in place. Documentation has moved to netlab.tools. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I migrate from netsim-tools to netlab after the rename? Uninstall the old package with `pip3 uninstall netsim-tools` and install the new one with `pip3 install networklab`. Alternatively, running `pip3 install --upgrade netsim-tools` will automatically remove the old package, replace it with an empty stub, and install networklab as a dependency. No changes to CLI commands, functionality, or documentation are required. _Network engineers managing lab tooling upgrades like this find the netlab ecosystem covered on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [netlab 26.09: Syslog, More DNS, Netmiko « ipSpace.net blog](https://daily.dev/posts/netlab-26-09-syslog-more-dns-netmiko-ipspace-net-blog-7hzbp4smq) · ipSpace.net Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#python](https://daily.dev/tags/python), [#networking](https://daily.dev/tags/networking) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/netsim-tools-renamed-to-netlab-ipspace-net-blog-sqfwh3ccw) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"netsim-tools Renamed to netlab « ipSpace.net blog","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/netsim-tools-renamed-to-netlab-ipspace-net-blog-sqfwh3ccw","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/netsim-tools-renamed-to-netlab-ipspace-net-blog-sqfwh3ccw"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T08:52:29.995Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T08:59:27.000Z","description":"The netsim-tools project has been renamed to netlab, reflecting its evolution from a collection of scripts into a full intent-based lab-as-code system. 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