OML Labs
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OML is a self-hosted network simulator that runs real Cisco IOS, ASA, Juniper, Linux & Windows VMs in your browser. Draw topologies, boot real images, capture packets — free for 5 nodes.
PH · launched Sep 12, 2026 · 3 upvotes (top 11%) · 0 views
Niche: scientific and system simulation software · 74 launches, 2 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Developer
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- Tech
- Online Learning
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More like this: all 74 launches in scientific and system simulation software →
Could you build this?
No Simulating complex enterprise network devices like Cisco IOS and Juniper alongside full VMs in a browser requires deep systems, hypervisor, and network virtualization engineering.
What it would actually take: The architecture relies on a backend orchestration cluster running QEMU/KVM and container runtimes interconnected via Linux bridging, veth pairs, or Open vSwitch for virtual packet forwarding. In-browser interaction requires low-latency streaming of serial and graphical consoles using WebSockets with xterm.js and VNC/Guacamole proxies. Building this demands deep low-level Linux systems programming and networking infrastructure expertise.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 56 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #8 of 57 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 289 days after the earliest competitor.
- HomeNetworkInventory · ph · 2026-09-26 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.42
- Simneta NetLab · ph · 2026-10-17 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.41
- Hostless Cloud · ph · 2026-11-04 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.39
- Node.JS in the Browser · hn · 2026-08-06 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.37
- NetLanvas · ph · 2026-10-10 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.37
- davish · ph · 2026-11-11 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.36
- OmniRoute · ph · 2026-10-19 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.36
- ADL IP SCANNER · ph · 2026-11-09 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.36
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