7 Free Alternative Router Firmware – Unlock Hidden Features

Network Administration And Management Routers Firmware

DD-WRT Landing Page

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DD-WRT

NOTE: DD-WRT has been discontinued.

DD-WRT is a Linux based alternative OpenSource firmware suitable for a great variety of WLAN...

I have a question. Since I updated my Linksys WRT1200AC AC1200 DD-WRT FlashRouter firmware with Firmware: DD-WRT v3.0-r44715 std (11/03/20), a “Big Build”, I noticed the fdisk and parted Linux commands are missing from the system, yet the /sbin/mke2fs, /sbin/mkfs.ext3, /sbin/mkswap, /sbin/mkfs.ext2 and /sbin/mkfs.ext4 file system format commands exist? I can understand the reason for doing this for security but it makes little sense to include file system formatting commands and no way to create and edit usb hard disk and flash drive partitions on an NSA router?

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OpenWrt Landing Page
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OpenWrt

OpenWrt is an open-source firmware based on Linux for wireless routers
Pricing:
- Open Source
OpenWrt is a highly extensible GNU/Linux distribution for embedded devices (typically wireless routers). Unlike many other distributions for these routers, OpenWrt is built from the ground up to be a full-featured, easily modifiable operating system for your router.

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Gargoyle Landing Page

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Gargoyle

Gargoyle Router Firmware home page

Gargoyle is a free firmware upgrade for your wireless router, based on OpenWRT but with an enhanced interface (not LUCI) focused on ease of use. Reliable, easy to use and configure, and you’ll know exactly where your bandwidth is allocated thanks to the convenient graphs available in the administration interface.

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AdvancedTomato Landing Page

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AdvancedTomato

A Tomato by Shibby fork with intuitive and modern flat design GUI.

Tomato is a system based on Linux, dedicated for routers with Broadcom chipset and distributed on the GPL license. Its development was started by Jonathan Zarate. This advanced system consists of an especially user-friendly interface, thanks to which even inexperienced users can work with it easily. The most important functions are:

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LED

LEDE project

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The LEDE project was founded as a spin-off of the OpenWrt project and shares many of the same goals. We are building an embedded Linux distribution that makes it easy for developers, system administrators or other Linux enthusiasts to build and customize software for embedded devices, especially wireless routers. The name LEDE stands for Linux Embedded Development Environment.
ROOter Landing Page

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ROO

ROOter

THE ROOTER PROJECT, OPEN SOURCE FIRMWARE FOR OVER ONE HUNDRED DIFFERENT ROUTERS THAT PROVIDES EXTENSIVE SUPPORT FOR THE USE OF USB CELLULAR MODEMS IN ROUTERS THAT DON'T SUPPORT THIS FROM THE FACTORY.

ROOter has been available since April 2013 and has proved to be a popular download for improving routers. In 2016 there were 252,000 firmware downloads of ROOter images. Since its inception there have been over 500,000 firmware downloads of all the different ROOter versions.

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libreCMC Landing Page

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libreCMC

The libre Embedded GNU/Linux Distro.

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. It aims to give its users freedom and control over the software that runs on their hardware. Most of the hardware that libreCMC supports includes a wide range of routers and some small single board computers. A set of fully free embedded Operating Systems that work on routers and a wide range of general purpose computers.

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