The Other Dude

MikroTik fleet management. Self-hosted. Source-available.

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What it does

  • Monitor device state across your fleet
  • Push configuration with automatic rollback
  • Track config changes in git
  • Manage firmware versions
  • WinBox in the browser
  • VPN overlay for NAT traversal
  • Multi-tenant with row-level security
  • Zero-knowledge authentication (SRP-6a)

Screenshots

Fleet overview showing device list, status, and health metrics
Fleet overview
Device detail view with interfaces, system info, and actions
Device detail
Interface utilization showing per-interface traffic
Interface traffic
Firmware management showing version groups and upgrade tracking
Firmware management

What it is not

  • Not finished
  • Not stable
  • Not for everyone
  • Things break, APIs change. That is intentional before v11.

Status

Version9.7.1
LicenseBSL 1.1 (converts to Apache 2.0 in 2030)
Free tier250 devices
StabilityBreaking changes expected before v11

Setup

Requires Docker and PostgreSQL. See the documentation for full setup instructions.

# clone and run the setup wizard git clone https://github.com/staack/the-other-dude.git cd the-other-dude python3 setup.py

The setup wizard handles database, cryptographic keys, OpenBao, reverse proxy, and Docker images.