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OpenWrt: A Linux OS targeting embedded devices

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271 points pykello | 2 comments | 08 Sep 25 16:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.402s | source
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esseph ◴[08 Sep 25 16:43 UTC] No.45170518[source]▶
A lot of companies were built on this.
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CursedSilicon ◴[08 Sep 25 18:40 UTC] No.45172104[source]▶
Ubiquiti uses a fork of OpenWRT. Starlink's routers run it as well. I'm sure a ton of other vendors are using it
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1. gh02t ◴[10 Sep 25 04:05 UTC] No.45193118[source]▶
Where does Ubiquiti use OpenWRT? I saw that claim elsewhere in this thread but I'm pretty sure their original devices were based on Vyatta, and their newer stuff is a custom Linux OS of their own that is loosely Debian-flavored. Poking around in the terminal all the Ubiquiti devices I have used are very clearly unrelated to OpenWRT.
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2. esseph ◴[11 Sep 25 01:58 UTC] No.45206803[source]▶
Ubiquiti started in outdoor wireless, point to point and point to multipoint. All their outdoor radios, cameras, and unifi APs are all running a version of openwrt.

EdgeRouters started on vayatta and then that went away (AT&T acquired Vayatta) and then that forked into VyOS.

Some of the Ubiquiti EdgeSwitches are running some other OS, but I can't remember what it was.

Source - Spent 14 years helping alpha / beta test, debug code and wireless problems, etc.