Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to DD-WRT

Product categories

Cyber Security Firewall Firmware Linux Linux Distribution Maps Monitoring Tools Network & Admin Open Source Operating Systems Perimeter Security And Firewalls Routers

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to DD-WRT are OpenWrt, pfSense, and OPNsense. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

OpenWrt Landing Page
1

OpenWrt

OpenWrt is an open-source firmware based on Linux for wireless routers
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Operating Systems #Routers #Firmware 103 social mentions
pfSense Landing Page
2

pfSense

pfSense is a free and open source firewall and router that also features unified threat management, load balancing, multi WAN, and more
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Perimeter Security And Firewalls #Cyber Security #Network Security 10 social mentions
OPNsense Landing Page
3

OPNsense

OPNsense® you next open source firewall. Free Download. High-end Security Made Easy™. Offers Intrusion Prevention, Captive Portal, Traffic Shaping and more.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Operating Systems #Linux #Perimeter Security And Firewalls 94 social mentions
OpenWISP Landing Page
4

OpenWISP

A software platform to implement a complete public wifi service.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Operating Systems #Linux #Routers 11 social mentions
Babel (protocol) Landing Page
5

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Babel (protocol)

A routing protocol suitable both for wireless mesh networks and ordinary wired networks.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Operating Systems #Routers #Linux
FRRouting Landing Page
6

FRRouting

FRRouting (FRR) is an IP routing protocol suite for Linux and Unix platforms which
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Operating Systems #Linux #Network & Admin 12 social mentions
FreeBSD Landing Page
7

FreeBSD

FreeBSD is an advanced operating system for x86 compatible (including Pentium® and Athlon™)...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Linux #Operating Systems #Linux Distribution 21 social mentions
Ubuntu Landing Page
8

Ubuntu

Ubuntu is a Debian Linux-based open source operating system for desktop computers.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Linux #Operating Systems #Linux Distribution 229 social mentions
OpenBSD Landing Page
9

OpenBSD

FREE, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Security & Privacy #Linux #Monitoring Tools 13 social mentions
project-osrm.org
10

OSRM

Utilities, Application Utilities, and Mapping APIs
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Operating Systems #Network & Admin #Maps 1 social mentions
OpenContrail Landing Page
11

OpenContrail

OpenContrail is an Apache 2.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Operating Systems #Perimeter Security And Firewalls #Linux
BSD Router Project: Landing Page
12

BSD Router Project:

Home page of BSD Router Project: Free open source software router distribution based on embedded FreeBSD
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Operating Systems #Perimeter Security And Firewalls #Linux 5 social mentions