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Router software requires updating to stay secure, this comparison provides an overview of third party options.
Embedded
[edit]General
[edit]| Project | Parent project | Software license | Latest release | Alexa rank | About |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenWrt | Linux / Linksys | GPL, etc. | 2025-02-06 [1] | 17,042[2] | |
| Commotion Wireless | OpenWrt | 2014-10-13 [3] | 422,643[4] | Abandoned | |
| DD-WRT | Sveasoft Alchemy[5] | 2019-11-09[6] | 27,104[7] | ||
| LEDE | OpenWrt | GPL, etc. | N/a | 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 | N/a | N/a | N/a | Abandoned |
| DebWRT | OpenWrt / Debian | 2017-01-02 [13] | 3,585,093[14] | Discontinued | |
| HyperWRT | Linksys | GPL | 2005-02-07 | N/a | Abandoned |
| Tomato | HyperWRT | 2025-02-27[15] | 360,330[16] | ||
| Oleg | ASUSTeK | GPL | 2008-03-30 | N/a | http://oleg.wl500g.info/ |
Features
[edit]| Project | QoS | Guest AP | VPN client | VPN server | tor | adblock by domain/ip | Mesh | Package manager |
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| DebWRT | Dpkg (23168?) | |||||||
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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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| IPFire | Linux | GPLv3+ | 2025-09-19[20] | N/A | |
| Zeroshell | Linux | 2021-01-16[21] | 466,964[22] | Abandoned[21] | |
| m0n0wall | FreeBSD | 2014-01-15[23] | 439,509[24] | Abandoned[23] | |
| OPNsense | FreeBSD | Simplified BSD / FreeBSD License | 2025-03-11[25] | 152,329[26] | |
| pfsense | FreeBSD 14.0 CURRENT | ALv2 | 2023-12-07[27] | 26,342[28] |
See also
[edit]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". 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.
- ↑ "IPFire 2.29 - Core Update 197 released". Retrieved 2025-10-16.
- 1 2 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
- 1 2 "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