Router software requires updating to stay secure, this comparison provides an overview of third party options.
Embedded
General
Project | Parent project | Software license | Latest release | Alexa rank | About |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
OpenWrt | Linux | GPL, etc. | 2025-02-06 1 | 17,0422 | |
Commotion Wireless | OpenWrt | 2014-10-13 3 | 422,6434 | Abandoned | |
DD-WRT | Alchemy5 | 2019-11-096 | 27,1047 | ||
LEDE | OpenWrt | GPL, etc. | — | 72,9018 | Merged with OpenWrt |
RutOS | OpenWrt | GPL, etc. | 2025-03-259 | 499,95410 | Operating System for Teltonika networking products |
LibreCMC | OpenWrt | 2024-12-2611 | 2,099,973412 | ||
Roofnet | OpenWrt | — | — | — | Abandoned |
DebWRT | OpenWrt, Debian | 2017-01-02 13 | 3,585,09314 | Discontinued | |
HyperWRT | Linux | GPL | 2005-02-07 | — | Abandoned |
Tomato | HyperWRT | 2025-02-2715 | 360,33016 | ||
Oleg | ASUS Original | GPL | 2008-03-30 | — | http://oleg.wl500g.info/ |
Features
Project | QoS | Guest AP | VPN client | VPN server | tor | addblock by domain/ip | Mesh | Package manager |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OpenWrt | Opkg (3500) | |||||||
DebWRT | Dpkg (23168?) | |||||||
FreshTomato | data-sort-value="Yes" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-yes2 skin-invert" | | data-sort-value="Yes" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-yes2 skin-invert" | | data-sort-value="Yes" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-yes2 skin-invert" | | data-sort-value="Yes" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-yes2 skin-invert" | | - |
Devices
Project | Total | x86 | ARM | MIPS |
---|---|---|---|---|
OpenWrt | 1875+17 | |||
DD-WRT | many 18 | |||
libreCMC | 11 19 |
Other
Project | Parent project | Software license | Latest release | Alexa rank | About |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Zeroshell | Linux | 2021-01-1620 | 466,96421 | Abandoned22 | |
m0n0wall | FreeBSD | 2014-01-1523 | 439,50924 | Abandoned25 | |
OPNsense | FreeBSD | Simplified BSD / FreeBSD License | 2025-03-1126 | 152,32927 | |
pfsense | FreeBSD 14.0 CURRENT | ALv2 | 2023-12-0728 | 26,34229 |
See also
- 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
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openwrt.org Archived 2018-06-03 at the Wayback Machine at Alexa https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/openwrt.org ↩
"Download Commotion Router". www.commotionwireless.net. https://www.commotionwireless.net/download/routers/ ↩
commotionwireless.net Archived 2018-12-21 at the Wayback Machine at Alexa https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/commotionwireless.net ↩
"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. https://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/What_is_DD-WRT ↩
"DD-WRT » Other Downloads". dd-wrt.com. https://dd-wrt.com/support/other-downloads/ ↩
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lede-project.org Archived 2018-06-03 at the Wayback Machine at Alexa https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/lede-project.org ↩
"Teltonika Networks - LTE Routers, Gateways & Modems for IoT". teltonika-networks.com. Retrieved 2025-03-14. https://teltonika-networks.com/newsroom ↩
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"25.1 "Ultimate Unicorn" Series — OPNsense documentation". docs.opnsense.org. Retrieved 2025-03-14. https://docs.opnsense.org/releases/CE_25.1.html ↩
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