OpenWrt: Version 25.12.0 brings package manager change

The newly released version 25.12.0 of OpenWrt supports more devices and uses a new package manager. The OpenWrt project has released version 25.12.0 of its open-source router firmware. Particularly ...
Hackaday

Flashing Booby-Trapped Cisco AP With OpenWrt, The Hard Way

Certain manufacturers seriously dislike open-source firmware for their devices, and this particular hack deals with quite extreme anti-hobbyist measures. The Meraki MR33, made by Cisco, is a nice ...

OpenWrt: Service releases close critical security vulnerabilities

The service releases 25.12.1 and 24.10.6 of the router operating system OpenWrt patch security vulnerabilities classified as ...
Hackaday

OpenWRT, But On An Unsupported Router

Everyone likes something cheap, and when that cheap thing is a router that’s supported by OpenWRT, it sounds like a win. [Hennung Paul] ordered a Wavlink WL-WN586X3 for the princely sum of 39 Euros, ...
TechRadar

OpenWrt debuts "unbrickable" hacker-friendly, security-focused wireless router that promises to "never be locked"

OpenWrt has officially launched its first dedicated wireless router that promises unrivalled security protection. Developed in collaboration with Banana Pi, the OpenWrt One is specifically designed to ...
Ars Technica

OpenWRT still king? Suggestions for wireless AP + router, to manage with infra-as-code

So in this flat I have a fiber connection, with a PON. I plugged in my own Archer C6, flashed OpenWRT on it, and flubbed with configuration until I got it to work (I wasn't very familiar with OpenWRT, ...
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OpenWrt’s latest update adds a piece of Alpine Linux

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 ...
TechCrunch

The OpenWrt One router is designed with ‘software freedom and right to repair’ in mind

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 ...
Ars Technica

OpenWrt, now 20 years old, is crafting its own future-proof reference hardware

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 ...
TechRadar

Enhance your router with OpenWRT

If you think your wireless router is only good enough to dish out IP addresses to connected devices around your house, you need to infuse new life into it with the OpenWRT firmware. Just as you can ...
Liliputing

OpenWrt One router is now available for $89

OpenWrt is a free and open source, Linux-based operating system designed for routers and other networking applications. While it’s most often used as an aftermarket replacement for the firmware that ...