The popular open-source firmware for routers and other networking equipment, OpenWrt, just released a new major update. OpenWrt 25.12 is now available after “over one year” of development, with new ...

Custom router firmware has (mostly) disappeared, mainly because Broadcom won't play nice and share its radio drivers with open-source developers. But that doesn't mean it's gone, and OpenWrt is still ...

Karin-chan porting OpenWrt?Karin-chan is not a programmer. She loves tinkering with computers and networks, but she has no ...

A new router designed in collaboration with the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) and OpenWrt Project is touted as the first router “designed and built with your software freedom and right-to-repair ...

OpenWrt, the open source firmware that sprang from Linksys’ use of open source code in its iconic WRT54G router and subsequent release of its work, is 20 years old this year. To keep the project going ...

After my recent misadventures setting up an OpenWrt installation on a scruffy e-waste-level x86 PC, quite a few people chimed in with feedback, criticism and friendly hostility regarding things like a ...

A security issue that could have allowed attackers to serve malicious firmware images to users has been fixed by OpenWrt Project, the organization that helms the development of the popular Linux ...

I’m Adam Conway, an Irish technology fanatic with a BSc in Computer Science and I'm XDA’s Lead Technical Editor. My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional ...

The OpenWrt One is now available generally after a limited release earlier this year. Sold for under $70 without a case, the router board is specifically designed to run OpenWrt out of the box, albeit ...

The open-source router firmware OpenWrt has been released in new versions that close several security vulnerabilities. Some of these can be exploited from the network and are partly in services that ...

In a nutshell: Nearly a year after its initial announcement, OpenWrt enthusiasts can now purchase the first "official" router powered by the namesake open-source firmware. The OpenWrt One model ...