Wiresprite

A lightweight, cross-platform SNMP switch/router monitor with a live web dashboard, written in C++. Originally built for an old HP ProCurve 2512, but works with any SNMP v1/v2c-speaking device — switches, routers, and servers from any vendor. It polls standard MIBs (IF-MIB, ifXTable, BRIDGE-MIB, MIB-II), so no vendor-specific configuration is needed.

Ships as a single self-contained binary — no Net-SNMP, no OpenSSL, no runtime dependency beyond what the OS already provides. A fresh install needs no config file: run the binary, and it opens your browser to a setup page automatically.

Live demo — a static preview of the dashboard with simulated homelab traffic (several switches, continuous traffic, no backend required to view it). See cpp/README.md for the full feature list, architecture, build instructions, configuration schema, and Prometheus/Grafana integration details.

Quick start

git clone https://github.com/TerminalExplore/Wiresprite.git
cd Wiresprite/cpp
cmake --preset windows-msvc-release   # or linux-gcc-release
cmake --build --preset windows-msvc-release
./build/windows-msvc-release/Release/wiresprite.exe

No config file needed to start — it creates one, opens http://localhost:8080 in your browser, and walks you through setting a password and adding your first device from there. (Prefer to configure by hand instead? Copy cpp/config/wiresprite.ini.example to wiresprite.ini first and edit it — see cpp/README.md's Configuration section for the full schema.)

Pre-built binaries and running as a service

Tagged releases (v*) are built and published automatically — see the Releases page for ready-to-run Windows/Linux binaries, no compiler needed. For running unattended on Linux, see packaging/ for a systemd service template.

Compatibility with other devices

This project is not limited to the HP ProCurve 2512. It works with any network device that supports SNMP — switches, routers, and servers from any manufacturer (Cisco, MikroTik, Netgear, D-Link, and so on) — since it walks standard MIBs rather than vendor-specific OIDs. You'll just need to enable SNMP on the target device and configure its community string (e.g. public) to match what you enter for it, whether that's in wiresprite.ini or the /settings page.

History

This started as a Python/Flask prototype, was rewritten in C++ for a smaller, dependency-free binary with multi-device support, a background poller, and Prometheus metrics, and was later rebranded to Wiresprite (including the GitHub repository itself) alongside a full dashboard redesign (live updates, MAC-address/port-name lookups, a browser-based settings page, and more — see cpp/README.md). The Python version is preserved in git history but is no longer part of the active project.