A modernized continuation of IPplan for PHP 8.x and the constantly evolving security landscape
IPplan Current Branch is a web-based, multilingual IP address management (IPAM) and tracking tool, currently maintained by visuaFUSION Systems Solutions. This project was started to breathe new life into the proven IPplan IPAM platform after more than a decade of stagnation with the original project. Thanks to the power of open-source software, we were able to revive IPplan, modernize its codebase, and bring it up to current security standards. This gives rural health care organizations and other budget-conscious IT teams a reliable, feature-rich IPAM solution without the high licensing costs typically associated with commercial IP address management software.
IPplan is a web-based, multilingual IP address management (IPAM) and tracking tool. Originally created by Richard Ellerbrock in 2001 and written for PHP 4, IPplan has served network administrators worldwide for over two decades. It goes beyond simple IP address management to include DNS administration, configuration file management, circuit management, and hardware asset tracking, all customizable via templates.
- Multi-customer/multi-network IP address management with overlapping address space support
- DNS administration (forward and reverse zones)
- Device configuration file management
- Circuit and asset tracking via customizable templates
- Multiple authentication methods (internal or external Apache modules including LDAP)
- Audit logging with before/after change tracking
- SWIP/registrar integration for ISPs
- External poller for subnet scanning via NMAP
- IP address request system for end-user self-service
- Multilingual support
IPplan was created by Richard Ellerbrock (SourceForge username: richarde) and first released in 2001. The project was originally named "IPtrack" before being renamed to "IPplan" on October 31, 2001. Richard developed and maintained the project through its formative years, responding to user feedback and building out the comprehensive feature set that made IPplan a go-to solution for IP address management.
The earliest changelog entries date back to August 2001, with features being added rapidly through 2001-2002 including SWIP support, bulk subnet creation, import/export capabilities, and the foundation of the multi-customer architecture.
Richard continued active development through the 2000s, adding major features like:
- Multilingual/internationalization support (2002)
- XML-RPC API (2003)
- DNS administration capabilities
- Template system for customization
- IPv6 beta support (2010)
The last official releases from the original project were:
- v4.92a (August 2009) - Added PHP 5.3 compatibility
- v4.92b (July 2011) - Fixed MySQL 5.5 compatibility issues (ENGINE= vs TYPE=)
After v4.92b, the project became dormant on SourceForge. The original project remains available at:
- SourceForge: https://sourceforge.net/projects/iptrack/
- Project Homepage: http://iptrack.sourceforge.net/
In January 2016, Shaun Bugler of Hetzner (Pty) Ltd (now xneelo) imported IPplan v4.92b to GitHub for archival purposes. xneelo is a South African web hosting company (formerly known as Hetzner South Africa, rebranded in 2019) that has hosted hundreds of thousands of websites since 1999. The GitHub repository preserved the codebase but saw no active development.
- GitHub Archive: https://github.com/xneelo/ipplan
After more than 13 years without updates, the original IPplan codebase would no longer run on modern PHP versions.
At visuaFUSION Systems Solutions, a health care IT company dedicated to helping rural hospitals, clinics, and long term care facilities achieve HIPAA compliant, enterprise-grade IT operations, we kept seeing the same problem: rural health care organizations missing out on the benefits of proper IP address management because commercial IPAM solutions were simply too expensive for rural health care budgets. Our engineers frequently found themselves saying "if only IPplan was still around" when discussing IPAM options for our clients.
Then the team simply asked the obvious question: "Why not revive it? It's open source."
And so IPplan Current Branch was born. By modernizing this proven IPAM platform, we could provide tremendous value to the rural health care organizations our mission exists to serve, while also giving back to the broader IT community that has benefited from open-source software for decades.
Rural health care IT teams are often understaffed and overwhelmed, struggling to maintain control of their environments. Many are still managing IP addresses in outdated spreadsheets that suffer from versioning conflicts, stale data, and no audit trail. IPplan gives these teams a way to finally get organized, properly document their networks, and build a foundation for enterprise-grade IT operations without the enterprise price tag.
IPplan Current Branch updates IPplan to support PHP 8.x and modern MySQL/MariaDB while adding security hardening, a modern UI, and enhanced features, all while preserving the functionality that made the original so valuable and adding quality of life features expected from modern platforms.
IPplan Current Branch uses a date-based versioning system: YYYY.M.D.R (Year.Month.Day.Revision)
- Current Release Candidate: 2026.1.9.4
This versioning approach provides clear indication of when a release was made and allows for multiple releases on the same day if needed.
- Updated deprecated function calls and syntax
- Converted
vardeclarations topublicvisibility - Converted old-style constructors to
__construct() - Removed deprecated reference parameters
- Fixed array/string access patterns
- Resolved nullable parameter issues
- Updated session handling
- Fixed IIS/Windows compatibility issues
- Full MySQL 8.x / MariaDB 10.x support
- Updated from deprecated
mysqldriver tomysqli - Updated SQL syntax for modern database engines
- Updated ADOdb to v5.22.8
- Updated PHPLayersMenu for modern browsers
- Updated Net/DNS library for PHP 8
- Modern SNMP handling
- PHP 8.0 or higher (8.2+ recommended)
- MySQL 8.x / MariaDB 10.x (recommended) or PostgreSQL
- Apache web server with mod_php or IIS with PHP
- SNMP extension (optional, for router table imports)
Please refer to the INSTALL file for detailed installation instructions.
Quick start:
- Extract files to your web server document root
- Copy
config.phpand edit database connection settings - Set
DBF_TYPEto'mysqli'(required for PHP 7+) - Navigate to
/admin/install.phpto initialize the database - Log in with the admin credentials configured in
config.php
- Backup your existing database and
config.php - Replace all files with the new version
- Update your
config.php:- Change
DBF_TYPEfrom'mysql'or'maxsql'to'mysqli' - Keep your existing database credentials and custom settings
- Change
- Access the application - schema upgrades are automatic if needed
The original IPplan documentation remains largely applicable. Key resources:
- User Manual: Included with distribution (README.html)
- Original SourceForge Forums: https://sourceforge.net/p/iptrack/discussion/
Contributions are welcome! This project exists to keep IPplan alive for the community.
- Report issues via GitHub Issues
- Submit pull requests for bug fixes or enhancements
- Help with testing on various PHP/database configurations
IPplan is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). See the LICENSE file for details.
The original documentation is copyrighted (c) 2002 Richard E and distributed under the Linux Documentation Project (LDP) license.
- Richard Ellerbrock - Original author and maintainer (2001-2011)
- ValueHunt Inc. - Layout class
- ADOdb - Database abstraction
- PHP Layers Menu System - Menu rendering
- All translators and contributors listed in the original documentation
- visuaFUSION Systems Solutions - PHP 8.x modernization, security hardening, modern UI, and ongoing maintenance
- xneelo (formerly Hetzner SA) - GitHub archival of v4.92b
visuaFUSION Systems Solutions is a health care IT company based in Sutherland, Nebraska, dedicated to helping rural hospitals, clinics, and long term care facilities achieve HIPAA compliant, enterprise-grade IT operations with rural health care scale and budgets. Our mission is "Leveling the IT Playing Field for Rural Health Care Organizations."
- Website: https://visuafusion.com
- Original SourceForge Project: https://sourceforge.net/projects/iptrack/
- xneelo GitHub Archive: https://github.com/xneelo/ipplan