{"library":"unicon","type":"library","category":null,"description":"Unicon is a Python package that provides a unified connection experience to network devices via typical command-line management interfaces (CLI). It serves as the standard CLI connection implementation within the Cisco pyATS framework, offering direct and proxied connections, expect-like programming, and multi-vendor support through an agnostic API. Initially developed internally by Cisco, it was released publicly in late 2017 through Cisco DevNet. [1, 2, 12] The current version is 26.3, released on April 2, 2026, and the project maintains an active release cadence, often aligned with the broader pyATS/Genie framework releases. [2, 23]","language":"python","status":"active","version":"26.3","tags":["networking","device management","network automation","cli","cisco","pyats"],"last_verified":"Mon May 25","install":[{"cmd":"pip install unicon","imports":["from unicon.core.connection import Connection"]}],"homepage":"https://developer.cisco.com/pyats/","github":null,"docs":null,"changelog":null,"pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/unicon/","npm":null,"openapi_spec":null,"status_page":null,"smithery":null,"compatibility":{"summary":{"python_range":"3.10–3.9","success_rate":70,"avg_install_s":3.5,"avg_import_s":null,"wheel_type":"wheel"},"url":"https://checklist.day/v1/registry/unicon/compatibility"}}