OpenWrt is an open source, Linux-based operating system designed for embedded devices such as routers and access points. It is designed to provide users with a secure, reliable, and extensible environment to build and customize their own network. OpenWrt is a lightweight operating system and supports a wide range of hardware platforms. It provides a powerful command-line interface (CLI) and a powerful web-based interface (LuCI) for configuring the system. OpenWrt includes a wide range of applications and tools, including a packet-forwarding engine, a dynamic DNS service, a web server, and various other services. OpenWrt also provides features such as secure remote management, secure tunneling for secure access, and wireless encryption and authentication. OpenWrt is a popular choice for users who want to customize their network on their own terms, and it is also used by many businesses and organizations due to its flexibility and reliability.
Discontinued It is no longer being developed. The latest version, Build 54, released in November 2010, can still be downloaded from the official website.
Discontinued Tomato has not been updated since 2011. For testing reasons, the latest update to Tomate, 1.28, includes in its change notes that it updated the version of dnsmasq to v2.55. DNS Masq is currently at version v2.72. The v2.55 DNSmasq update was released in 2010.