Comparison of router software projects

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]	17,042 [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]	Discontinued
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

Project	QoS	Guest AP	VPN client	VPN server	tor	adblock by domain/ip	Mesh	Package manager
OpenWrt								Opkg (3500)
DebWRT								Dpkg (23168?)
FreshTomato								-

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		2021-01-16 [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

• 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

1. "OpenWrt website". www.openwrt.org/.
2. openwrt.org Archived 2018-06-03 at the Wayback Machine at Alexa
3. "Download Commotion Router". www.commotionwireless.net.
4. commotionwireless.net Archived 2018-12-21 at the Wayback Machine at Alexa
5. "What is DD-WRT - DD-WRT Wiki". 2024-08-09. Archived from the original on 2024-08-09. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
6. "DD-WRT » Other Downloads". dd-wrt.com.
7. dd-wrt.com Archived 2018-06-03 at the Wayback Machine at Alexa
8. lede-project.org Archived 2018-06-03 at the Wayback Machine at Alexa
9. "Teltonika Networks - LTE Routers, Gateways & Modems for IoT". teltonika-networks.com. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
10. teltonika-networks.com Archived 2020-03-03 at the Wayback Machine at Alexa
11. "libreCMC : The libre Embedded GNU/Linux[-libre] distro". librecmc.org. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
12. librecmc.org at Alexa
13. "debwrt rootfs download".
14. debwrt.net Archived 2019-07-13 at the Wayback Machine at Alexa
15. "Index of /downloads/". freshtomato.org. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
16. polarcloud.com Archived 2018-12-07 at the Wayback Machine at Alexa
17. "[OpenWrt Wiki] Table of Hardware". openwrt.org. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
18. "Supported Devices - DD-WRT Wiki". wiki.dd-wrt.com.
19. libreCMC. "libreCMC/libreCMC". gogs.librecmc.org.
20. DistroWatch. "DistroWatch.com: Zeroshell". distrowatch.com. Archived from the original on 2025-01-25. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
21. zeroshell.org Archived 2019-06-24 at the Wayback Machine at Alexa
22. "m0n0wall - End of the m0n0wall project". m0n0.ch. Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
23. m0n0.ch Archived 2019-06-26 at the Wayback Machine at Alexa
24. "25.1 "Ultimate Unicorn" Series — OPNsense documentation". docs.opnsense.org. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
25. opnsense.org Archived 2018-04-17 at the Wayback Machine at Alexa
26. "Versions of pfSense software and FreeBSD | pfSense Documentation". docs.netgate.com. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
27. pfsense.org Archived 2018-06-03 at the Wayback Machine at Alexa