Comparison of router software projects explained

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.	2023-05-01 ^[1]	^[2]
Commotion Wireless	OpenWrt		2014-10-13 ^[3]	^[4]
DD-WRT	OpenWrt		2019-11-09^[5]	^[6]
LEDE	OpenWrt	GPL, etc.	N/A	^[7]	Merged with OpenWrt
RutOS	OpenWrt	GPL, etc.	2020-01-15^[8]	^[9]	Operating System for Teltonika networking products
LibreCMC	OpenWrt		2018-04-02^[10]	^[11]
Roofnet	OpenWrt	N/A	N/A	N/A	Abandoned
DebWRT			2017-01-02 ^[12]	^[13]
HyperWRT	Linux	GPL	2005-02-07	N/A	Abandoned
Tomato	HyperWRT		2021-03-17 ^[14]	^[15]
Oleg	ASUS Original	GPL	2008-03-30	N/A	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?)

Devices

Project	Total	x86	ARM	MIPS
OpenWrt	499 ^[16]	x	x	x
DD-WRT	many ^[17]	x	x
libreCMC	11 ^[18]

Other

Project	Parent project	Software license	Latest release	Alexa rank	About
Zeroshell	Linux		2018-01-02 ^[19]	^[20]	for SBCs raspberry / orange pi
m0n0wall	FreeBSD		2014-01-15	^[21]	Abandoned
OPNsense	FreeBSD	Simplified BSD / FreeBSD License	2024-01-30^[22]	^[23]
pfsense	FreeBSD 14.0 CURRENT	ALv2	2023-11-16^[24]	^[25]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: OpenWrt website. www.openwrt.org/.
2. https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/openwrt.org openwrt.org
3. Web site: Download Commotion Router. www.commotionwireless.net.
4. https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/commotionwireless.net commotionwireless.net
5. Web site: DD-WRT » Other Downloads. dd-wrt.com.
6. https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/dd-wrt.com dd-wrt.com
7. https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/lede-project.org lede-project.org
8. Web site: RutOS. wiki.teltonika-networks.com.
9. https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/teltonika-networks.com teltonika-networks.com
10. Web site: libreCMC : The libre Embedded GNU/Linux[-libre] distro.]. RISCi_ATOM, Robert Call, The libreCMC. project. librecmc.org.
11. https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/librecmc.org librecmc.org
12. Web site: debwrt rootfs download.
13. https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/debwrt.net debwrt.net
14. Web site: 2021-freshtomato.org>downloads>freshtomato-mips>2021 . freshtomato.org.
15. https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/polarcloud.com polarcloud.com
16. https://openwrt.org/toh/views/toh_available_16128 openwrt devices
17. Web site: Supported Devices - DD-WRT Wiki. wiki.dd-wrt.com.
18. Web site: libreCMC/libreCMC. libreCMC. gogs.librecmc.org.
19. Web site: zeroshell download.
20. https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/zeroshell.org zeroshell.org
21. https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/m0n0.ch m0n0.ch
22. Web site: 24.1 “Savvy Shark” Series - OPNsense documentation. opnsense.org.
23. https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/opnsense.org opnsense.org
24. Web site: Releases — Versions of pfSense and FreeBSD - pfSense Documentation. doc.pfsense.org.
25. https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/pfsense.org pfsense.org