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Linktrace

Linktrace is self-hosted cable tracing for network admins.

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Linktrace is self-hosted cable tracing for network admins. Record your sites, rooms and racks, the devices in them (switches, routers, firewalls, patch panels, wall jacks, servers) and every cable between two ports, with its label, type, color and length. Click any port to trace the circuit end to end: through patch panel and wall jack pass-throughs, from the switch port to the desk. Each device's faceplate is drawn like the real hardware: laid out automatically, or built by hand on a snap-to-grid editor and shared by every device of the same model. Port maps stack devices, or a whole rack, top to bottom and draw every cable between their ports, with labelled stubs for cables that leave the map. Save maps and reopen them later. Generate ports in bulk (48-port switches, 24-port patch panels with front and rear) and duplicate devices with numbered names. Multiple people can use one

Platform availability

Available on 1 of 9 platforms

  • Unraid
  • TrueNAS (not listed)
  • Umbrel (not listed)
  • ZimaOS (not listed)
  • Proxmox (not listed)
  • Helm (not listed)
  • Mac (not listed)
  • Windows (not listed)
  • Linux (not listed)

Health score?A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). When the source code has been checked, a fifth factor, security check (20%: automated scan for committed secrets, unsafe desktop-app settings, known-vulnerable dependencies and project hygiene; any serious finding caps it at 20), is added. Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.

42/100 Fair

Maintained
72last commit 0 days ago
Popular
102 GitHub stars
Easy to install
201 install platform, Docker image
Light to run
No data

Based on 3 of 4 factors.

Availability: platform listings confirmed today

GitHub stars
2
Open issues
2
Last commit
2026-10-23
Latest release
v1.0.6
License
MIT
Activity
rising

Checked today - source: GitHub (007darkmatter5/linktrace)

Resources & Compatibility

Requirements not published yet.

Checked today - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

First-install notes

No first-install notes yet.

Alternatives

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Common questions

Which Docker port and volumes are used for Linktrace?

The container listens on port 8080. Persist /data for the SQLite database and /keys for the login-cookie signing keys.

What happens if the keys folder is not kept after an update?

Keep /keys with the data, or everyone is signed out after an update.

How can I back up or migrate Linktrace to another instance?

Export and import everything as one JSON file. The container also keeps the SQLite database in /data, so that folder should be preserved for backups.

Can device templates be shared between Linktrace instances?

Device templates can be saved with their ports, pairs, and faceplate layout, and shared as files with other Linktrace installs.

Answers sourced from github.com

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