DD-WRT Alternatives

DD-WRT is described as 'Linux based alternative OpenSource firmware suitable for a great variety of WLAN routers and embedded systems' and is a very popular router custom firmware in the network & admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to DD-WRT for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, OpenWrt, Tomato and Mac apps. The best DD-WRT alternative is OpenWrt, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like DD-WRT are pfSense, MikroTik RouterOS, Freshtomato and OpenWISP.

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    Gluon is a modular framework for creating OpenWRT-based firmwares for wireless mesh servers. Several Freifunk communities in Germany use Gluon as the foundation of their Freifunk firmwares.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Read The Docs
    • OpenWrt
     
  2. VyOS icon
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    VyOS is a community fork of Vyatta , a Linux-based network operating system that provides software-based network routing, firewall, and VPN functionality.

    23 VyOS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  3. Smoothwall icon
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    The SmoothWall Open Source Project was set up to develop and maintain SmoothWall Express - a Free firewall that includes its own security-hardened GNU/Linux operating system and an easy-to-use web interface.

    14 Smoothwall alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. ROOTer icon
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    The ROOter Project was created to allow the use of USB, PCie and M.2 Cellular modems in routers that don't have this capability using factory firmware.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. libreCMC icon
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    The libre Embedded GNU/Linux Distro.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. Liminix icon
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    Liminix is a Nix-based OpenWrt-style embedded Linux system for configuring consumer wifi routers. We use the Nix language for congruent configuration management, and packages from the Nix package system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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