Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
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.
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.