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The Dude vs MRTG: catalog facts
The Dude	MRTG
Free Free to download from MikroTik.	Free Free software under the GNU GPL; sponsorship is optional.
Windows	Windows, Linux, Self-hosted
Automatic device discovery Draws network maps from discovered devices	Simple per-interface traffic graphs over SNMP Can graph almost any numeric data source
Installer is Windows only Closely tied to the MikroTik ecosystem	Dated web output compared with modern dashboards Setup is done through configuration files and Perl
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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