Hey guys, if you're looking for something new to run your labs that isn't UNetLab-based but is definitely inspired by it, check out Nova VE, a project by a good friend from the networking community.

It's fully open source and completely free of charge. Keep in mind that it's still in alpha and not yet feature-complete, so you can expect a few bugs here and there.

For many of you, this might be a breath of fresh air with a more modern software stack that makes it safer to run than outdated versions of PNETLab in its current state.

If you run into any issues, feel free to open an issue on GitHub or, even better, contribute a patch and help move the project forward.

The developer aims to make this "unetlab compliant" (meaning they'll follow the same standard paths and you'll be able to import your labs without major changes).

Check out the current state on GitHub: https://github.com/fahadysf/nova-ve