Babel

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started: 2007
by: Juliusz Chroboczek
homepage: https://www.irif.fr/~jch/software/babel/
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babel_(protocol)

Loop-avoiding distance-vector routing protocol designed for both wired and wireless networks (RFC 8966, originally RFC 6126). Used in community meshes, Cjdns/Yggdrasil-adjacent deployments, and as the IPv6 routing daemon in homenet setups.