Changes from 2.1.3 to 2.1.4: Features: - ubiscan debugging and statistics utility Fixes: - Some mtd-tests erroneously using sub-pages instead of the full page size - Buffer overrun in fectest - Missing jffs2 kernel header in the last release, leading to build failures on some systems. Changes from 2.1.2 to 2.1.3: Features: flashcp: Add new function that copy only different blocks flash_erase: Add flash erase chip Add flash_otp_erase Add an ubifs mount helper Add nandflipbits tool Fixes: mkfs.ubifs: Fix runtime assertions when running without crypto mtd-utils: Use AC_SYS_LARGEFILE Fix test binary installation libmtd: avoid divide by zero ubihealthd: fix UBIFS build dependency mkfs.ubifs: remove OPENSSL_no_config() misc-utils: Add fectest to build system mkfs.ubifs: Fix build with SELinux Fix typos found by Debian's lintian tool Fix jffs2 build if zlib or lzo headers are not in default paths Signed-off-by: Nick Hainke <vincent@systemli.org>
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!
Development
To build your own firmware you need a GNU/Linux, BSD or MacOSX system (case 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 documentation.
binutils bzip2 diff find flex gawk gcc-6+ getopt grep install libc-dev libz-dev
make4.1+ perl python3.6+ rsync subversion unzip which
Quickstart
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Run
./scripts/feeds update -a
to obtain all the latest package definitions defined in feeds.conf / feeds.conf.default -
Run
./scripts/feeds install -a
to install symlinks for all obtained packages into package/feeds/ -
Run
make menuconfig
to select your preferred configuration for the toolchain, target system & firmware packages. -
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.
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LuCI Web Interface: Modern and modular interface to control the device via a web browser.
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OpenWrt Packages: Community repository of ported packages.
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OpenWrt Routing: Packages specifically focused on (mesh) routing.
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OpenWrt Video: Packages specifically focused on display servers and clients (Xorg and Wayland).
Support Information
For a list of supported devices see the OpenWrt Hardware Database
Documentation
Support Community
- Forum: For usage, projects, discussions and hardware advise.
- Support Chat: Channel
#openwrt
on oftc.net.
Developer Community
- Bug Reports: Report bugs in OpenWrt
- Dev Mailing List: Send patches
- Dev Chat: Channel
#openwrt-devel
on oftc.net.
License
OpenWrt is licensed under GPL-2.0