Dynamic Network Visualisation

NetLanvas is an advanced, containerized appliance architecture designed for localized network polling, layer 2/3 topology visualization, and centralized API data aggregation. Built for the modern edge, it dynamically tracks device states and infers deep structural bridges without external cloud dependencies. Designed to run on Arm64, Raspberry Pi 5 or similar Hardware, or AMD64 Hardware running Linux and Docker.

Try the Live Demo

No install required — explore the full UI right now

Watch It In Action

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System Interfaces

See it running live — a read-only demo against a real (sanitized) network, no install required. Launch the live demo →

NetLanvas Topology

Graphical Topology View

NetLanvas Settings

Settings Dashboard

Latest Changes and Additions

VLANs are now discovered and named automatically, with a dedicated registry page showing which subnets belong to which VLAN — editable without losing what NetLanvas already knows. The initial scan is noticeably faster too: each device is polled once instead of once per IP it happens to own, and the startup screen now shows real progress and time remaining instead of a fixed animation.

New: a live, read-only demo is now available above — explore the full UI against a real (sanitized) home network before installing anything.

Appliance Deployment

Download Stack File

To instantiate a production NetLanvas node on an arm64/Debian or amd64/Linux, execute the command sequence below. Upon successful container ignition, the user interface will automatically bind to host port 8899.

# 1. Prepare directory and retrieve stack
sudo mkdir -p /opt/netlanvas && cd /opt/netlanvas
sudo curl -fsSL https://netlanvas.com/docker-compose.dist.yaml -o docker-compose.yaml
# 2. Ignite the appliance stack and discover endpoint
sudo docker compose pull && docker compose up -d
# 3. Wait for first-run setup details to be generated
echo -e "\n[*] Waiting for NetLanvas to generate first-run setup details..."
FOUND=0
for i in $(seq 1 30); do
if docker compose logs --no-log-prefix netlanvas_api 2>/dev/null | grep -q "NETLANVAS-SETUP-CARD-END"; then
FOUND=1; break; fi
printf "."; sleep 1
done
echo ""
if [ "$FOUND" -eq 1 ]; then docker compose logs --no-log-prefix netlanvas_api 2>/dev/null | sed -n '/NETLANVAS-SETUP-CARD-BEGIN/,/NETLANVAS-SETUP-CARD-END/p' | grep -v "NETLANVAS-SETUP-CARD"; else echo -e "\n[!] Timed out. Check manually with: docker compose logs netlanvas_api\n"; fi

Help Shape The Architecture

As a Beta release, deployment telemetry and bug reports are critical. We welcome all feedback, feature requests, and edge-case topologies to stabilize the 1.0 production release.

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Appliance Removal

To fully remove a NetLanvas node, stop and delete its containers, then optionally remove the downloaded images and any stored data. Step 3 below is irreversible and permanently deletes all topology history, settings, and the admin login -- skip it if you intend to reinstall later and keep your existing configuration.

# 1. Stop and remove the running containers
cd /opt/netlanvas
sudo docker compose down
# 2. Remove the NetLanvas Docker images
sudo docker images "netlanvas.com/netlanvas" -q | xargs -r sudo docker rmi -f
# 3. Optional: permanently delete all stored data (irreversible)
sudo rm -rf /opt/netlanvas/db/* /opt/netlanvas/config/* /opt/netlanvas/tls/*