Router Custom Firmwares

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  1. OpenWrt icon
     140 likes

    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    21 alternatives
  2. DD-WRT icon
     164 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    DD-WRT screenshot 1
    18 alternatives
  3. Freshtomato icon
     8 likes

    FreshTomato firmware project is a system based on Linux, dedicated for routers with Broadcom chipset and distributed on the GPL license. This advanced system consists of a particularly friendly interface, thanks to which even inexperienced users can easily work with it.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    Freshtomato screenshot 1
    10 alternatives
  4. RadiusDesk icon
     3 likes

    RADIUSdesk is a powerful and user-friendly RADIUS network management platform designed to simplify the administration of network authentication and accounting.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Raspberry Pi OS
    • OpenWrt
    • Docker
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  5. PiFi icon
     2 likes

    PiFi is a networking firmware and software project for Raspberry Pi devices that makes it easy to setup a VPN/travel router (Wireguard, AdGuard, OpenVPN, NAS) with no technical knowledge which can be managed via smartphone app.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
    • Raspberry Pi
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    3 alternatives
  6. Gargoyle icon
     18 likes

    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. Some enhanced features of Gargoyle include MONITORING BANDWIDTH per connected computer, SET QUOTAS AND THROTTLE to ensure that...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • OpenWrt
    bandwidth graph
    bandwidth usage table
    access restrictions
    +1
    Blue Ice C Theme
    14 alternatives
  7. Tomato icon
     18 likes

    Tomato is a small, lean and simple replacement firmware for Linksys' WRT54G/GL/GS, Buffalo WHR-G54S/WHR-HP-G54 and other Broadcom-based routers. It features a new easy to use GUI, a new bandwidth usage monitor, more advanced QOS and access restrictions, enables new wireless...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    11 alternatives
  8. TomatoUSB fork.

    • Torrent client integration (Transmission) with user-friendly GUI for configuration.
    • NFS server integration
    • Support for USB 3G modems (thx @LDevil)
    • Support MultiWAN.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Tomato
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    10 alternatives
  9. Junos OS icon
     1 like

    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
    Connecting with PuTTY
    On Vmware player
    4 alternatives
  10. TomatoUSB icon
     3 likes

    Tomato USB is an alternative Linux-based firmware for powering Broadcom-based ethernet routers. It is a modification of the famous Tomato firmware, with additional built-in support for USB port, wireless-N mode support, support for several newer router models, and various...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Tomato
    Tomato Firmware - Bandwidth Real Time
    10 alternatives
  11. Cisco IOS icon
     2 likes

    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
    Cisco CLI in PuTTY
    5 alternatives
  12. 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
    Web UI
    9 alternatives