Why “OpenWrt” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
The ones that I had came with Buffalo firmware but you could load DD-WRT on them through the web ui. To load OpenWrt you had to use tftp and catch it during boot. I ended up add…
by fullstop · Oct 12, 2026
I wouldn't go as far too call it janky. Just an openwrt with some proprietary stuff. I'm quite happy with it with my Flint 3 and it's not preventing my freedom to do whatever I…
by commandersaki · Oct 12, 2026
I only wish more of them were actually mainline openWRT so the updates from the project were guaranteed. There is a lot of these devices that run a custom version and never have…
by PaulKeeble · Oct 12, 2026
Yeah, I have several GL.iNet routers with OpenWRT preinstalled. By default, it runs a custom shell, but Luci is easy enough to switch to.
by BirAdam · Oct 12, 2026
get a gl.inet router they are not prohibitively expensive and have a version of openwrt installed if anything, you are sure to be able to install openwrt on them yourself if you…
by m463 · Oct 12, 2026
I would pay if I could get an openwrt router that was already set up with features like - ad-blocking - kid network vs grown-up network vs guest network - blocking sites (on kid…
by internet_points · Oct 12, 2026
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OpenWrt is an open-source project for embedded operating systems based on Linux, primarily used on embedded devices to route network traffic. The main components are Linux, util-linux, musl, and BusyBox. All components have been optimized to be small enough to fit into the limited storage and memory available in home routers. Read more on Wikipedia