--- title: Worth Exploring: NetTowel « ipSpace.net blog | daily.dev description: NetTowel is a CLI tool created by Urs Baumann that wraps several popular network automation libraries including Jinja2, TTP, NetMiko, and netaddr into a single... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/worth-exploring-nettowel-ipspace-net-blog-fgazrddgo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Worth Exploring: NetTowel « ipSpace.net blog | daily.dev og:description: NetTowel is a CLI tool created by Urs Baumann that wraps several popular network automation libraries including Jinja2, TTP, NetMiko, and netaddr into a single... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/worth-exploring-nettowel-ipspace-net-blog-fgazrddgo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/fgaZrDdgo.png og:image:alt: Worth Exploring: NetTowel « 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. # Worth Exploring: NetTowel « ipSpace.net blog **[ipSpace.net Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary NetTowel is a CLI tool created by Urs Baumann that wraps several popular network automation libraries including Jinja2, TTP, NetMiko, and netaddr into a single interface. Development has slowed but the tool is considered worth exploring for network engineers interested in automation workflows. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is NetTowel and what libraries does it wrap? NetTowel is a CLI tool that wraps several popular network automation libraries into a single interface, including Jinja2 (templating), TTP (text parsing), NetMiko (SSH connectivity), and netaddr (IP address handling). It was created by Urs Baumann and is available on GitHub under InfrastructureAsCode-ch/nettowel. _Network engineers evaluating automation tooling track projects like NetTowel on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Introducing Networking Toolbox: Self-Hosted Network Tools in One Place](https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-networking-toolbox-self-hosted-network-tools-in-one-place-v5pcojgyj) · Noted · 24 upvotes · 0 comments - [MUST Bookmark: Watch the Net « ipSpace.net blog](https://daily.dev/posts/must-bookmark-watch-the-net-ipspace-net-blog-ubgmyl1bo) · ipSpace.net Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [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 - [netlab 26.10: SRv6, More Netmiko « ipSpace.net blog](https://daily.dev/posts/netlab-26-10-srv6-more-netmiko-ipspace-net-blog-1cocu1zdt) · 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/worth-exploring-nettowel-ipspace-net-blog-fgazrddgo) ```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":"Worth Exploring: NetTowel « ipSpace.net blog","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/worth-exploring-nettowel-ipspace-net-blog-fgazrddgo","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/worth-exploring-nettowel-ipspace-net-blog-fgazrddgo"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T08:54:48.724Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T09:04:31.064Z","description":"NetTowel is a CLI tool created by Urs Baumann that wraps several popular network automation libraries including Jinja2, TTP, NetMiko, and netaddr into a single...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--P4t4XyoV--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2001","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--P4t4XyoV--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2001","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"ipSpace.net Blog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ipSpace.net Blog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--xS7E82MT--/f_auto,q_auto/v1786438303/logos/ipspace?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/worth-exploring-nettowel-ipspace-net-blog-fgazrddgo","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"python,networking","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ipSpace.net Blog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Worth Exploring: NetTowel « ipSpace.net blog"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/worth-exploring-nettowel-ipspace-net-blog-fgazrddgo#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is NetTowel and what libraries does it wrap?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"NetTowel is a CLI tool that wraps several popular network automation libraries into a single interface, including Jinja2 (templating), TTP (text parsing), NetMiko (SSH connectivity), and netaddr (IP address handling). 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