Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to MikroTik RouterOS

Product categories

Cyber Security Firewall Firmware Identity And Access Management Linux Maps Monitoring Tools Network & Admin Operating Systems Perimeter Security And Firewalls Routers Transportation

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to MikroTik RouterOS are pfSense, OpenWrt, 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.

pfSense Landing Page
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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
OpenWrt Landing Page
2

OpenWrt

OpenWrt is an open-source firmware based on Linux for wireless routers
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Operating Systems #Routers #Firmware 103 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
FRRouting Landing Page
4

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
OpenWISP Landing Page
5

OpenWISP

A software platform to implement a complete public wifi service.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Operating Systems #Linux #Routers 11 social mentions
PacketFence Landing Page
6

PacketFence

PacketFence is a Free and Open Source network access control (NAC) system.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Identity And Access Management #Identity Provider #Managed WiFi 1 social mentions
FreeRouter Landing Page
7

FreeRouter

freeRouter
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Operating Systems #Linux #Transportation 2 social mentions
OpenContrail Landing Page
8

OpenContrail

OpenContrail is an Apache 2.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Operating Systems #Perimeter Security And Firewalls #Linux
Wazuh Landing Page
9

Wazuh

Open Source Host and Endpoint Security
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Security & Privacy #Security Information And Event Management (SIEM) #Cyber Security 49 social mentions
project-osrm.org
10

OSRM

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

OpenRouteService.org

The spatial services API with plenty of features.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Operating Systems #Network & Admin #Linux 13 social mentions
Babel (protocol) Landing Page
12

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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