Comparison of router software projects
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Router software requires updating to stay secure, this comparison provides an overview of third party options.
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[edit]General
[edit]Project | Parent project | Software license | Latest release | Alexa rank | About |
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OpenWrt | Linux | GPL, etc. | 2025-02-06 [1] | 17,042[2] | |
Commotion Wireless | OpenWrt | 2014-10-13 [3] | 422,643[4] | Abandoned | |
DD-WRT | Alchemy[5] | 2019-11-09[6] | 27,104[7] | ||
LEDE | OpenWrt | GPL, etc. | — | 72,901[8] | Merged with OpenWrt |
RutOS | OpenWrt | GPL, etc. | 2025-03-25[9] | 499,954[10] | Operating System for Teltonika networking products |
LibreCMC | OpenWrt | 2024-12-26[11] | 2,099,9734[12] | ||
Roofnet | OpenWrt | — | — | — | Abandoned |
DebWRT | OpenWrt, Debian | 2017-01-02 [13] | 3,585,093[14] | ||
HyperWRT | Linux | GPL | 2005-02-07 | — | Abandoned |
Tomato | HyperWRT | 2025-02-27[15] | 360,330[16] | ||
Oleg | ASUS Original | GPL | 2008-03-30 | — | http://oleg.wl500g.info/ |
Features
[edit]Project | QoS | Guest AP | VPN client | VPN server | tor | addblock by domain/ip | Mesh | Package manager |
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OpenWrt | Opkg (3500) | |||||||
DebWRT | Dpkg (23168?) |
Devices
[edit]Project | Total | x86 | ARM | MIPS |
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OpenWrt | 1875+[17] | ![]() |
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DD-WRT | many [18] | ![]() |
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libreCMC | 11 [19] |
Other
[edit]Project | Parent project | Software license | Latest release | Alexa rank | About |
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Zeroshell | Linux | 2021-01-16[20] | 466,964[21] | Abandoned[20] | |
m0n0wall | FreeBSD | 2014-01-15[22] | 439,509[23] | Abandoned[22] | |
OPNsense | FreeBSD | Simplified BSD / FreeBSD License | 2025-03-11[24] | 152,329[25] | |
pfsense | FreeBSD 14.0 CURRENT | ALv2 | 2023-12-07[26] | 26,342[27] |
See also
[edit]- Debian
- FreeBSD
- Kali Linux
- Linux kernel
- List of free and open-source software packages
- List of router and firewall distributions
- List of router firmware projects
- OpenBSD
- NetBSD
- Software
- Tails
References
[edit]- ^ "OpenWrt website". www.openwrt.org/.
- ^ openwrt.org Archived 2018-06-03 at the Wayback Machine at Alexa
- ^ "Download Commotion Router". www.commotionwireless.net.
- ^ commotionwireless.net Archived 2018-12-21 at the Wayback Machine at Alexa
- ^ "What is DD-WRT - DD-WRT Wiki". web.archive.org. 2024-08-09. Archived from the original on 2024-08-09. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
- ^ "DD-WRT » Other Downloads". dd-wrt.com.
- ^ dd-wrt.com Archived 2018-06-03 at the Wayback Machine at Alexa
- ^ lede-project.org Archived 2018-06-03 at the Wayback Machine at Alexa
- ^ "Teltonika Networks - LTE Routers, Gateways & Modems for IoT". teltonika-networks.com. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
- ^ teltonika-networks.com Archived 2020-03-03 at the Wayback Machine at Alexa
- ^ "libreCMC : The libre Embedded GNU/Linux[-libre] distro". librecmc.org. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
- ^ librecmc.org at Alexa
- ^ "debwrt rootfs download".
- ^ debwrt.net Archived 2019-07-13 at the Wayback Machine at Alexa
- ^ "Index of /downloads/". freshtomato.org. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
- ^ polarcloud.com Archived 2018-12-07 at the Wayback Machine at Alexa
- ^ "[OpenWrt Wiki] Table of Hardware". openwrt.org. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
- ^ "Supported Devices - DD-WRT Wiki". wiki.dd-wrt.com.
- ^ libreCMC. "libreCMC/libreCMC". gogs.librecmc.org.
- ^ a b DistroWatch. "DistroWatch.com: Zeroshell". distrowatch.com. Archived from the original on 2025-01-25. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
- ^ zeroshell.org Archived 2019-06-24 at the Wayback Machine at Alexa
- ^ a b "m0n0wall - End of the m0n0wall project". m0n0.ch. Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
- ^ m0n0.ch Archived 2019-06-26 at the Wayback Machine at Alexa
- ^ "25.1 "Ultimate Unicorn" Series — OPNsense documentation". docs.opnsense.org. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
- ^ opnsense.org Archived 2018-04-17 at the Wayback Machine at Alexa
- ^ "Versions of pfSense software and FreeBSD | pfSense Documentation". docs.netgate.com. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
- ^ pfsense.org Archived 2018-06-03 at the Wayback Machine at Alexa