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The *Firmware Selector* was built to simplify users finding suitable images for their devices. Let's give it more visibility so unleashing your home router becomes an easier thing. As an alternative for more advanced user, provide the directl link to the wiki download section. Signed-off-by: Paul Spooren <mail@aparcar.org> [ fix typo in commit description, add link to Wiki download page ] Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
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OpenWrt Project is a Linux operating system targeting embedded devices. Instead
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of trying to create a single, static firmware, OpenWrt provides a fully
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writable filesystem with package management. This frees you from the
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application selection and configuration provided by the vendor and allows you
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to customize the device through the use of packages to suit any application.
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For developers, OpenWrt is the framework to build an application without having
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to build a complete firmware around it; for users this means the ability for
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full customization, to use the device in ways never envisioned.
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Sunshine!
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## Download
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Built firmware images are available for many architectures and come with a
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package selection to be used as WiFi home router. To quickly find a factory
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image usable to migrate from a vendor stock firmware to OpenWrt, try the
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*Firmware Selector*.
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* [OpenWrt Firmware Selector](https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/)
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If your device is supported, please follow the **Info** link to see install
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instructions or consult the support resources listed below.
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##
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An advanced user may require additional or specific package. (Toolchain, SDK, ...) For everything else than simple firmware download, try the wiki download page:
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* [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 MacOSX system (case
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sensitive filesystem required). Cygwin is unsupported because of the lack of a
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case sensitive file system.
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### Requirements
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You need the following tools to compile OpenWrt, the package names vary between
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distributions. A complete list with distribution specific packages is found in
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the [Build System Setup](https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-developer/build-system/install-buildsystem)
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documentation.
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```
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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 python3.6+ rsync subversion unzip which
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```
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### Quickstart
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1. Run `./scripts/feeds update -a` to obtain all the latest package definitions
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defined in feeds.conf / feeds.conf.default
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2. Run `./scripts/feeds install -a` to install symlinks for all obtained
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packages into package/feeds/
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3. Run `make menuconfig` to select your preferred configuration for the
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toolchain, target system & firmware packages.
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4. Run `make` to build your firmware. This will download all sources, build the
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cross-compile toolchain and then cross-compile the GNU/Linux kernel & all chosen
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applications for your target system.
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### Related Repositories
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The main repository uses multiple sub-repositories to manage packages of
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different categories. All packages are installed via the OpenWrt package
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manager called `opkg`. If you're looking to develop the web interface or port
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packages to OpenWrt, please find the fitting repository below.
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* [LuCI Web Interface](https://github.com/openwrt/luci): Modern and modular
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interface to control the device via a web browser.
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* [OpenWrt Packages](https://github.com/openwrt/packages): Community repository
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of ported packages.
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* [OpenWrt Routing](https://github.com/openwrt/routing): Packages specifically
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focused on (mesh) routing.
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* [OpenWrt Video](https://github.com/openwrt/video): Packages specifically
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focused on display servers and clients (Xorg and Wayland).
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## Support Information
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For a list of supported devices see the [OpenWrt Hardware Database](https://openwrt.org/supported_devices)
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### Documentation
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* [Quick Start Guide](https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-quick-start/start)
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* [User Guide](https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/start)
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* [Developer Documentation](https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-developer/start)
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* [Technical Reference](https://openwrt.org/docs/techref/start)
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### Support Community
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* [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
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* [Bug Reports](https://bugs.openwrt.org): Report bugs in OpenWrt
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* [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
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OpenWrt is licensed under GPL-2.0
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