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OpenWrt

OpenWrtNetworking / Operating Systems & FirmwareLinux operating system for routers and other embedded devices.
Field notes / 544OpenWrt
I / Function

Linux operating system for routers and other embedded devices.

OpenWrt is a Linux operating system for embedded devices, with a writable filesystem and package management for customizing installed applications. Prebuilt firmware images cover supported hardware and commonly include a home-router package selection. Developers can also use its build system to choose a target, toolchain and packages, then create a firmware image for that device.

OpenWrt README · Reviewed 2026-10-27

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Awesome Open* · Field recordOpenWrtOP-518382FD · Folio 544Domain: Networking / Operating Systems & Firmware
  1. 01 / Feature notePackage-based customization

    Add or change device functionality through the firmware's package-management system.

    Feature source ↗
  2. 02 / Feature noteCustom firmware builds

    Select a target system, toolchain and package set when building a firmware image.

    Feature source ↗
II / Repository record

GitHub stars

29,059

Detected license

Unknown

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Not reported by GitHub.

Verify against official terms.

Repository created

2015-11-09

Repository push

2026-11-04

III / Observations & evidence

GitHub stars

Unknown

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Window mismatch; awaiting refresh

Cached history uses a different month window; chart withheld until aligned.

Latest attempt: ok · Checked 2026-10-27T03:02:56.366112+00:00 · Last successful fetch 2026-10-27T03:02:56.366112+00:00 · Provider source

Hacker News stories

Unknown

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Not recorded

OpenSSF Scorecard

5.1/10

Scanned 2026-10-26 · 11 scored / 14 returned

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Partial
  • Maintained · 10/10

    30 commit(s) and 6 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10

  • Packaging · Inconclusive

    packaging workflow not detected

  • Code-Review · 8/10

    Found 13/15 approved changesets -- score normalized to 8

  • Dangerous-Workflow · 10/10

    no dangerous workflow patterns detected

  • Token-Permissions · 0/10

    detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions

  • CII-Best-Practices · 0/10

    no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected

  • Security-Policy · 0/10

    security policy file not detected

  • License · 9/10

    license file detected

  • Fuzzing · 0/10

    project is not fuzzed

  • Binary-Artifacts · 10/10

    no binaries found in the repo

  • Branch-Protection · Inconclusive

    internal error: error during branchesHandler.setup: internal error: some github tokens can't read classic branch protection rules: https://github.com/ossf/scorecard-action/blob/main/docs/authentication/fine-grained-auth-token.md

  • Signed-Releases · Inconclusive

    no releases found

  • Pinned-Dependencies · 0/10

    dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0

  • SAST · 0/10

    SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0

Repository commit 7d0bf92beefb · Scorecard v5.6.0

Checked 2026-11-03T08:48:35Z · Last successful fetch 2026-11-03T08:48:35Z · Value fetched 2026-11-03T08:48:35Z · Provider source

IV / Release record

GitHub release

v25.12.6

Published 2026-10-18

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Available

Checked 2026-11-04T04:04:05Z · Last successful fetch 2026-11-04T04:04:05Z · Value fetched 2026-11-04T04:04:05Z · Provider source

V / Where it runs
Device firmware
Firmware image
Device-specific supported hardware
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Run Install Documented platforms

Reviewed 2026-10-13 · AI evidence review · Approved evidence record

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Documented platforms
Resource and setup notes