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Comparison of router software projects
Router software requires updating to stay secure, this comparison provides an overview of third party options.
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General
| Project | Parent project | Software license | Latest release | Alexa rank | About |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenWrt | Linux / Linksys | GPL, etc. | 2025-02-06 | 17,042 | |
| Commotion Wireless | OpenWrt | 2014-10-13 | 422,643 | Abandoned | |
| DD-WRT | Sveasoft Alchemy | 2019-11-09 | 27,104 | ||
| LEDE | OpenWrt | GPL, etc. | , N/a | 72,901 | Merged with OpenWrt |
| RutOS | OpenWrt | GPL, etc. | 2025-03-25 | 499,954 | Operating System for Teltonika networking products |
| LibreCMC | OpenWrt | 2024-12-26 | 2,099,9734 | ||
| Roofnet | OpenWrt | , N/a | , N/a | , N/a | Abandoned |
| DebWRT | OpenWrt / Debian | 2017-01-02 | 3,585,093 | Discontinued | |
| HyperWRT | Linksys | GPL | 2005-02-07 | , N/a | Abandoned |
| Tomato | HyperWRT | 2025-02-27 | 360,330 | ||
| Oleg | ASUSTeK | GPL | 2008-03-30 | , N/a | http://oleg.wl500g.info/ |
Features
| Project | QoS | Guest AP | VPN client | VPN server | tor | adblock by domain/ip | Mesh | Package manager |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenWrt | Opkg (3500) | |||||||
| DebWRT | Dpkg (23168?) | |||||||
| FreshTomato | - |
Devices
02Other
| Project | Parent project | Software license | Latest release | Alexa rank | About |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPFire | Linux | GPLv3+ | 2025-09-19 | N/A | |
| Zeroshell | Linux | 2021-01-16 | 466,964 | Abandoned | |
| m0n0wall | FreeBSD | 2014-01-15 | 439,509 | Abandoned | |
| OPNsense | FreeBSD | Simplified BSD / FreeBSD License | 2025-03-11 | 152,329 | |
| pfsense | FreeBSD 14.0 CURRENT | ALv2 | 2023-12-07 | 26,342 |
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