# Scrapli vs Nornir: What's the Difference

DevFeed: [Scrapli vs Nornir: What's the Difference](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/scrapli-vs-nornir-what-s-the-difference-30886.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.rogerperkin.co.uk/network-automation/scrapli/scrapli-vs-nornir/>)

Author: Roger Perkin

Published: 2026-08-06T11:08:45Z

Content type: comparison

Language: en

Sources: [Roger Perkin Network Automation Consultant](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/roger-perkin-network-automation-consultant.md>)

Topics: [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>), [Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network.md>), [async](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/async.md>), [NETCONF](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/netconf.md>), [ssh](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ssh.md>)

Tags: [async](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/async.md>), [netconf](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/netconf.md>), [network-automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network-automation.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>), [scrapli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scrapli.md>), [ssh](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ssh.md>), [vs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vs.md>)

## AI overview

This comparison explains that Scrapli and Nornir address different layers of Python network automation rather than directly competing. It describes Scrapli as a connection-focused library for communicating with individual network devices and notes its support for SSH, Telnet, NETCONF, synchronous and asynchronous operation, and structured output.

## Source excerpt

If you've spent any time in the Python network automation world, you'll have bumped into both Scrapli and Nornir. They come up in the same conversations, the same blog posts and the same job specs, so it's natural to line them up and ask: which one should I use? It's a fair question, but it's built on a slightly ...