VyOS Alternatives

Apps similar to VyOS include OpenWrt, which is free and open source. Other options are OPNsense, pfSense, DD-WRT and IPFire. You can choose from more than 10 Firewalls like VyOS for Linux, self-hosting, the web and iPhone.

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  1. X-wrt icon
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    OpenWrt Project is a Linux operating system targeting embedded devices. Instead of trying to create a single, static firmware, OpenWrt provides a fully writable filesystem with package management. This frees you from the application selection and configuration provided by the...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  2. IPCop icon
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    IPCop Firewall is a Linux firewall distribution geared towards home and SOHO (Small Office/Home Office) users. The IPCop interface is very user-friendly and task-based. IPCop offers the critical functionality of an expensive network appliance using stock, or even obsolete...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  3. DynFi® Firewall is the first French Open Source firewall. The system integrates many filtering features and allows for the first time to manage a large number of your appliances. Available for free, DynFi Firewall has two images (with VGA or Serial return) compatible with...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  4. Junos OS icon
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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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  5. Cisco IOS icon
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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...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • GNS3
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  6.  5 likes

    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
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  7. DANOS icon
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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
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    Multizone bidirectional nftables firewall.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  9. ROOTer icon
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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
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  10. Liminix icon
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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
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  11. 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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  12. Vilfo OS icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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