OpenWrt is a Linux-based open-source operating system targeting embedded devices, primarily used as a router and network gateway firmware. Unlike the proprietary firmware shipped with consumer routers, OpenWrt provides a fully writable filesystem with package management, giving you complete control over your network hardware. It is the most popular open-source router firmware in the world, […]

VyOS is a fully open-source, enterprise-grade network operating system based on Debian Linux, providing routing, firewall, and VPN functionality for bare metal, cloud, and edge environments. It offers a complete networking stack that competes with commercial router platforms while remaining free and transparent under the GPLv2 licence. Originally forked from Vyatta in 2013 after the […]

IPFire is a hardened Linux-based firewall distribution designed for security, speed, and ease of use. Developed by the IPFire community since 2004, it provides a complete firewall and router solution suitable for both home users and small-to-medium businesses, with a focus on modularity and a strong security posture. IPFire uses a stateful packet inspection firewall […]

pfSense is the world’s most trusted open-source firewall and router platform, based on FreeBSD and developed by Netgate as the foundation of its security appliance and cloud offerings. It transforms any standard x86 computer into a full-featured enterprise firewall, delivering comprehensive routing, VPN, traffic shaping, and unified threat management capabilities through an easy-to-use web interface. […]

OPNsense is an open-source, FreeBSD-based firewall and routing platform developed by Deciso, designed as a comprehensive network security solution for home, small business, and enterprise environments. It combines the feature set of expensive commercial firewalls with the transparency of open-source software, offering a stateful firewall, intrusion detection and prevention, VPN connectivity, web filtering, traffic shaping, […]