OPNsense Alternatives

OPNsense is described as 'Includes most of the features available in expensive commercial firewalls, and more in many cases. It brings the rich feature set of commercial offerings with the benefits of open and verifiable sources' and is a popular Firewall in the security & privacy category. There are more than 10 alternatives to OPNsense for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, Windows, BSD and VirtualBox apps. The best OPNsense alternative is OpenWrt, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like OPNsense are pfSense, IPFire, MikroTik RouterOS and DynFi Firewall.

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    ImmortalWrt is a Linux-based embedded operating system for network devices such as routers and access points. It is a fork of OpenWrt. ImmortalWrt includes additional packages, expanded device support, and optimized default profiles.

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    • Linux
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  2. BSD Router Project (BSDRP) is an embedded free and open source software router distribution based on FreeBSD with FRRouting (Quagga fork) and Bird.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
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  3. FRITZ!OS icon
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    FRITZ!OS is the genius in the FRITZ! family. With this intelligent operating system, the FRITZ! team reveals intriguing potentials in your home network. This lets your FRITZ!Box use the most advanced technologies while providing for the perfect balance between exciting features...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Self-Hosted
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  4. RaspAP icon
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    RaspAP is feature-rich wireless router software that just works on many popular Debian-based devices, including the Raspberry Pi.

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    • Debian
    • Docker
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Kali Linux
    • Raspberry Pi OS
    • Linux
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  5. CacheGuard Gateway is a free, open-source network security appliance for startups, growing businesses, and SMEs/SMBs that need enterprise-grade protection without the complexity or cost.

    137 CacheGuard Gateway alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • VirtualBox
    • Self-Hosted
    • VMware vSphere Hypervisor
    • Microsoft Hyper-V Server
    • Proxmox Virtual Environment
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  6. Zorp GPL icon
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    Zorp GPL is a next generation, open source proxy firewall with deep protocol analysis. It allows you to inspect, control, and modify traffic on the application layer of the ISO/OSI model. Decisions can be made based on data extracted from the application-level traffic (for...

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
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  7. Centralized manager for Open Source firewalls

    Automate certain administrative tasks All your firewalls are accessible in 1 click Auto-connect your firewalls to DynFi Manager pfSense® and OPNsense® compatible manager.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  8. Rusroute icon
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    RusRoute is a router and firewall, Internet gateway for Windows, it is the ideal solution for making Internet gateway for local area network (LAN) of any firm, the users' traffic encountering and restricting, protection against of network attacks with functions of NAT...

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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