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OPNsense

OPNsense includes most of the features available in expensive commercial firewalls, and more in many cases. It brings the rich feature set of commercial offerings with the benefits of open and verifiable sources.

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source

Application types

Platforms

  • Self-Hosted
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Features

Properties

  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Firewall
  2.  Encrypted VPN
  3.  Load balancing
  4.  Two-factor Authentication
  5.  No registration required
  6.  Dark Mode
  7.  Ad-free
  8.  Geofencing
  9.  Web filter
  10.  Router Custom Firmware

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Comments and Reviews

   
Top Positive Comment
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Read this: https://teklager.se/en/pfsense-vs-opnsense/ Especially the part under "Politics, drama & bad blood between the two projects"

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I like the 2fa features of OPNsense

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What is OPNsense?

Home of the OPNsense project, free Open Source Firewall, router, UTM, load balancing, multi WAN, FreeBSD, Linux, High Availability CARP

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Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about OPNsense, and it has gotten 70 likes

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