Open source network management comparison: General

2008-07-17

Attribute / Project	[OpenNMS](https://www.opennms.org/)	[Nagios](http://www.nagios.org/)	[Zenoss](http://www.zenoss.org/)	Hyperic	[Zabbix](http://www.zabbix.com/)
General
Licence	GPL	GPL	GPL	GPL	GPL
First released	2000	1998	2006	2006	2001
Development languages	Java	C	Python / Zope	Java / C	C / PHP
External dependencies	RRDTool / JRobin	Net-SNMP / RRDTool	RRDTool	SNMP4J	Net-SNMP
Configuration	XML files	Text files	Web based	Web based	Web based
Extensible	![X](/images/tick.png)	![X](/images/tick.png)	![X](/images/tick.png)	![X](/images/tick.png)	![X](/images/tick.png)
User interface	Web	Web / WAP	Web	Web	Web
Reporting	![X](/images/tick.png)	![X](/images/tick.png)	![X](/images/tick.png)	![X](/images/tick.png)	![X](/images/tick.png)

Update 1: Added C to the Hyperic development languages