We outgrew EVE-NG.
So we rebuilt the network lab.
netplex. is designed and built in Australia by engineers who spent years living inside EVE-NG, PNETLAB and GNS3 - and decided the experience around brilliant emulation deserved better.
Why we built it
We got an entire generation of engineers certified on EVE-NG, PNETLAB and GNS3 - and we're grateful for them. But every session started the same way: SSH into a server, juggle image files, run fixpermissions, fight a UI that looked like it shipped in 2007, then open yet another external terminal just to type a command.
The emulation underneath was brilliant. The experience around it hadn't moved in a decade. So we started rebuilding that experience - API-first, in the browser, with a canvas you actually want to look at - on top of the same proven open foundations: QEMU/KVM, Open vSwitch and friends.
What makes it different
It's not just the modern UI. Everything the UI does is a documented API call, so labs become code you keep in your own Git. Architect is a single seat with the complete automation toolbox - no cripple-ware. And our headline differentiator, the multi-host VXLAN stitch fabric (on the roadmap, in beta), spans a single topology across several cheap machines and cloud VMs - so big labs no longer need a big server.
The canvas is the product
Every other surface defers to it. Premium, flat, dark-first - built for engineers reading dense screens at 2am.
Open where it helps
Device kinds, CLI, SDKs, the API schema and docs are open. The moat is the fabric, the cloud and the community - not lock-in.
Never leave you stuck
Self-healing services and a grace window so a licence blip never kills a running lab. Reliability over DRM zeal.
The team behind it
We're a small, focused Australian team spanning network engineering, platform, frontend and education. Every decision is made by people who use netplex. daily - not a marketing department.
Network Engineering
Designs the device library, validates real vendor behaviour, and keeps the emulation honest.
Platform
QEMU/KVM, the scheduler, the image pipeline and the VXLAN stitch on the roadmap.
Frontend
The React canvas, integrated terminals, six themes and the design system you're looking at.
Education & Support
Classroom mode, the Knowledge Base, the forums, and getting students certified.
Who it's for
Individuals and enterprises alike - the same product scales from a free single-user Associate tier to a university with SSO, classes, quotas, audit and classroom mode. Every Australian school gets the full platform free - we install the software on the school's server and train the teachers, at no cost. Winning the next generation early matters more than squeezing them.
If you've ever tolerated the old tools because there was nothing better - this is for you.