FreeRouter Alternatives

FreeRouter is described as 'Freerouter is an open source routing suite supporting ospf, isis, rip, bgp, mpls, te, segment routing and a lot more' and is an app. There are four alternatives to FreeRouter for Linux, BSD, Mac and Windows. The best FreeRouter alternative is Quagga, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like FreeRouter are BIRD, ExaBGP and XORP.

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  1. Q

    Quagga

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    Quagga is a network routing software suite providing implementations of Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Routing Information Protocol (RIP), Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) and IS-IS for Unix-like platforms, particularly Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD and NetBSD.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  2. B

    BIRD

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    BIRD is an open source implementation of a TCP/IP routing daemon for Unix like systems. It supports both IPv4 and IPv6, multiple routing tables, and a BGP, RIP and OSPF routing protocols, as well as statically defined routes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. E

    ExaBGP

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    exabgp - The BGP swiss army knife of networking.

    Unlike BIRD or Quagga, ExaBGP was not designed to transform a general purpose server into a router, but to allow engineers to control their network easily. Think of it as Software Defined Networking for people with usual BGP route.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  5. X

    XORP

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    XORP is an Internet Protocol routing software suite. It provides a fully featured platform that implements IPv4 and IPv6 routing protocols and a unified platform to configure them. It is the only open source platform to offer integrated multicast capability.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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