A new router designed in collaboration by the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) and OpenWRT Project is touted as the first router “designed and built with your software freedom and right-to-repair in mind.”
OpenWRT is an open source, customizable operating system based on the Linux kernel, designed primarily for networking devices — such as routers. While the OpenWRT One is far from the first router to support OpenWRT, it is the first to be designed from the ground up for OpenWRT, by the community behind the project, with the full source code published from the get-go.
A core selling-point, according to the SFC, is that the OpenWRT One can’t be locked down or bricked — it gives the user full control, allowing them to modify, repair, and update as required.
Costing $89 via Ali Express for the full router or $68.42 for a standalone logic board, the OpenWRT One was developed in conjunction with open source hardware community Banana Pi.
