VyOS Alternatives

VyOS is described as 'Community fork of Vyatta , a Linux-based network operating system that provides software-based network routing, firewall, and VPN functionality' and is a Firewall in the security & privacy category. There are more than 10 alternatives to VyOS for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, BSD, VirtualBox and GNS3 apps. The best VyOS alternative is OpenWrt, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like VyOS are OPNsense, pfSense, DD-WRT and MikroTik RouterOS.

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  1. CacheGuard-OS icon

    CacheGuard-OS

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    All CacheGuard products and services are focused on delivering secured and optimized Web contents to our clients. To achieve that goal we made CacheGuard OS which is our core product. Once installed on a virtual or hardware machine, CacheGuard OS turns it into a powerful Web...

    135 CacheGuard-OS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • VirtualBox
    • VMware vSphere Hypervisor
    • Microsoft Hyper-V Server
    • Proxmox Virtual Environment
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    • CacheGuard-OS is the most popular Windows alternative to VyOS.

    • CacheGuard-OS is Paid and ProprietaryVyOS is Paid and Open Source
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    Junos OS

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    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 security devices.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • VirtualBox
    • Self-Hosted
    • VMware Workstation
    • GNS3
    • VMware Player
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  4. 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
     
  5. Cisco IOS icon

    Cisco IOS

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    Cisco IOS (originally Internetwork Operating System) is a family of software used on most Cisco Systems routers and current Cisco network switches. (Earlier switches ran CatOS.) IOS is a package of routing, switching, internetworking and telecommunications functions integrated...

    5 Cisco IOS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • GNS3
    Cisco CLI in PuTTY
     
  6. DANOS icon

    DANOS

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    DANOS unified network operating system driving innovation across the networking stack. DANOS is based upon Vyatta and uses DPDK so it should be able to forward packets line rate (10G).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     

  7. foomuuri

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    Multizone bidirectional nftables firewall.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. Secure Programmable Router icon

    Secure Programmable Router

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    A secure, open-source WiFi router that simplifies network management with easy-to-use policies, device isolation, adblock and advanced DNS controls - customizable with plugins for added flexibility.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Docker
    • iPhone
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    • Secure Programmable Router is the most popular iPhone alternative to VyOS.

    • Secure Programmable Router is Free and Open SourceVyOS is Paid and Open Source
  10. ROOTer icon

    ROOTer

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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
    Web UI
     
  11. Liminix icon

    Liminix

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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
     
  12. Juniper Contrail icon

    Juniper Contrail

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    Contrail Networking is a software-defined networking (SDN) platform based on the open-source network virtualization project, OpenContrail. The Juniper platform automates and orchestrates the creation of highly scalable virtual networks.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  13. Vilfo OS icon

    Vilfo OS

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    Vilfo OS is an easy and powerful software enabling multiple simultaneous connections to VPN servers. It contains firewall, split tunneling, DNS leak protection, VPN killswitch, notifications and much more.

    10 Vilfo OS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    User interface
     
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