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								OpenWrt Project is a Linux operating system targeting embedded devices. Instead
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								of trying to create a single, static firmware, OpenWrt provides a fully
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								writable filesystem with package management. This frees you from the
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								application selection and configuration provided by the vendor and allows you
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								to customize the device through the use of packages to suit any application.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								For developers, OpenWrt is the framework to build an application without having
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								to build a complete firmware around it; for users this means the ability for
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								full customization, to use the device in ways never envisioned.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								Sunshine!
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								## Download
  
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								Built firmware images are available for many architectures and come with a
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								package selection to be used as WiFi home router. To quickly find a factory
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								image usable to migrate from a vendor stock firmware to OpenWrt, try the
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								*Firmware Selector*.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								*  [OpenWrt Firmware Selector ](https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/ ) 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								If your device is supported, please follow the **Info**  link to see install
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								instructions or consult the support resources listed below.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								## 
  
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								An advanced user may require additional or specific package. (Toolchain, SDK, ...) For everything else than simple firmware download, try the wiki download page:
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								*  [OpenWrt Wiki Download ](https://openwrt.org/downloads ) 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								## Development
  
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								To build your own firmware you need a GNU/Linux, BSD or macOS system (case
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								sensitive filesystem required). Cygwin is unsupported because of the lack of a
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								case sensitive file system.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								### Requirements
  
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								You need the following tools to compile OpenWrt, the package names vary between
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								distributions. A complete list with distribution specific packages is found in
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								the [Build System Setup ](https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-developer/build-system/install-buildsystem )
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								documentation.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								```
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								binutils bzip2 diff find flex gawk gcc-6+ getopt grep install libc-dev libz-dev
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								make4.1+ perl python3.7+ rsync subversion unzip which
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								```
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								### Quickstart
  
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								1.  Run `./scripts/feeds update -a`  to obtain all the latest package definitions 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								   defined in feeds.conf / feeds.conf.default
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								2.  Run `./scripts/feeds install -a`  to install symlinks for all obtained 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								   packages into package/feeds/
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								3.  Run `make menuconfig`  to select your preferred configuration for the 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								   toolchain, target system &  firmware packages.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								4.  Run `make`  to build your firmware. This will download all sources, build the 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								   cross-compile toolchain and then cross-compile the GNU/Linux kernel &  all chosen
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								   applications for your target system.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								### Related Repositories
  
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								The main repository uses multiple sub-repositories to manage packages of
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								different categories. All packages are installed via the OpenWrt package
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								manager called `opkg` . If you're looking to develop the web interface or port
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								packages to OpenWrt, please find the fitting repository below.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								*  [LuCI Web Interface ](https://github.com/openwrt/luci ): Modern and modular 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								  interface to control the device via a web browser.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								*  [OpenWrt Packages ](https://github.com/openwrt/packages ): Community repository 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								  of ported packages.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								*  [OpenWrt Routing ](https://github.com/openwrt/routing ): Packages specifically 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								  focused on (mesh) routing.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								*  [OpenWrt Video ](https://github.com/openwrt/video ): Packages specifically 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								  focused on display servers and clients (Xorg and Wayland).
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								## Support Information
  
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								For a list of supported devices see the [OpenWrt Hardware Database ](https://openwrt.org/supported_devices )
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								### Documentation
  
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								*  [Quick Start Guide ](https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-quick-start/start ) 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								*  [User Guide ](https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/start ) 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								*  [Developer Documentation ](https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-developer/start ) 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								*  [Technical Reference ](https://openwrt.org/docs/techref/start ) 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								### Support Community
  
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								*  [Forum ](https://forum.openwrt.org ): For usage, projects, discussions and hardware advise. 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								*  [Support Chat ](https://webchat.oftc.net/#openwrt ): Channel `#openwrt`  on **oftc.net** . 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								### Developer Community
  
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								*  [Bug Reports ](https://bugs.openwrt.org ): Report bugs in OpenWrt 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								*  [Dev Mailing List ](https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel ): Send patches 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								*  [Dev Chat ](https://webchat.oftc.net/#openwrt-devel ): Channel `#openwrt-devel`  on **oftc.net** . 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								## License
  
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								OpenWrt is licensed under GPL-2.0