rancid for Mac

Rancid is a command-line tool for network operations staff, primarily used to track and compare configuration changes on network devices. It periodically retrieves configurations from equipment made by vendors such as Cisco and Juniper, places versions from different points in time side by side for diff comparison, and lets administrators see at a glance which device and which configuration item have been changed. For teams that need to manage multiple routers and switches at the same time and do not want to check configurations one by one manually, it saves a great deal of repetitive work and also makes it easier to quickly pinpoint the source of a change when an anomaly occurs. The tool runs in command-line mode, making it suitable for operations scenarios that rely on scripts and automated workflows, and it has a long-established base of use on Unix-like systems such as Solaris, FreeBSD, and Linux.