Alternatives to MikroTik RouterOS for all platforms with any license

DD-WRT

DD-WRT is a Linux based alternative OpenSource firmware suitable for a great variety of WLAN routers and embedded systems. The main emphasis lies on providing the...

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OpenWrt

OpenWRT ( open - wireless receiver transmitter ) is a niche Linux distribution mainly installed on embedded devices, e.g. residential gateways. It is built on top of...

Free Open Source Linux
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pfSense

pfSense is a free, open source customized distribution of FreeBSD tailored for use as a firewall, and router. In addition to being a...

Free Open Source BSD
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LEDE - Linux Embedded Development Environment

OpenWrt fork with open governance model to encourage development for embedded such as SOHO routers and non-network devices.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Android Chrome OS ... Android Tablet Self-Hosted OpenWrt
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VyOS

VyOS is a community fork of Vyatta , a Linux-based network operating system that provides software-based network routing, firewall, and VPN functionality.

Free Open Source Linux
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Tomato by Shibby

TomatoUSB fork. - Torrent client integration (Transmission) with user-friendly GUI for configuration. - NFS server integration - Support for USB 3G modems (thx...

Free Open Source Linux Tomato
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LibreMesh

LibreMesh is a set of modules extending the OpenWrt router distribution to create self-configuring wireless and wired mesh networks. By default it uses ad-hoc wifi...

Free Linux OpenWrt LEDE - Linux Embedded Development Environment
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Tomato

Tomato is a small, lean and simple replacement firmware for Linksys' WRT54G/GL/GS, Buffalo WHR-G54S/WHR-HP-G54 and other Broadcom-based routers. It features a new...

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- Discontinued Tomato hasn't been updated since 2011. For reason of proof, the latest Tomato update, 1.28, includes in its change notes that it updated dnsmasq version to v2.55. DNS Masq is currently at version v2.72. The v2.55 DNSmasq update was published in 2010.
Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS is a family of software used on most Cisco Systems routers and current Cisco network switches.

Commercial Self-Hosted GNS3 Dynamips
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- This is exactly same as MikroTik router os from Cisco Guest • Nov 2016 • 0 agrees and 2 disagrees
libreCMC

Now merged with LibreWRT, libreCMC is the libre Embedded GNU/Linux Distro. libreCMC is a set of fully free embedded Operating Systems for general purpose computers....

Free Open Source Linux
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AdvancedTomato

A router's graphical user interface is the most important part of the system because most users are unable or unwilling to configure a router by any other means....

Free Open Source Linux Tomato by Shibby
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Quagga

Quagga is a network routing software suite providing implementations of Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Routing Information Protocol (RIP), Border Gateway Protocol...

Free Open Source Linux BSD
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TomatoUSB

Tomato USB is an alternative Linux-based firmware for powering Broadcom-based ethernet routers. It is a modification of the famous Tomato firmware, with additional...

Free Open Source Linux Tomato
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- Discontinued No longer developed. Last version, Build 54, released on November 2010, can be still downloaded from the official website.
OpenWISP

OpenWISP is a software platform that can be used to implement a complete public wifi service. The suite includes applications derived from tools used to offer public...

Free Open Source Linux Self-Hosted
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Junos OS

Junos OS is the FreeBSD-based operating system used in Juniper Networks hardware routers. It is an operating system that is used in Juniper's routing, switching and...

Commercial VirtualBox Self-Hosted VMware Workstation GNS3 VMware Player
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