# Entware/Entware-ng

Entware-ng

Repository: https://github.com/Entware/Entware-ng
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/entware-ng
Language: C
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: deprecated, entware-ng, buildroot
Archived: true
Last push: 2018-03-05T12:31:03+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3973, "days_push": 3103, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1209, forks 148 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:59.731154+00:00)

## What it is
Entware-ng is a software package repository (~2000 packages) for embedded devices such as routers and network-attached storages, built on Buildroot. It provides prebuilt binaries for armv5, armv7, mipsel, x86-32, and x86-64 platforms, and is now deprecated in favor of the successor Entware repository.

## Use cases
- install linux packages on a router
- add software to my nas
- run opkg packages on embedded devices
- extend router firmware with extra tools
- install utilities on mipsel or arm embedded hardware

## When to choose
- you need a package feed for a router, NAS, or other embedded Linux device on armv5/armv7/mipsel/x86

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new project - the project is deprecated and superseded by the newer Entware repository
- you need packages for mainstream desktop or server Linux distributions

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: package-manager, build-tool, developer-tools
- domain: embedded-systems, self-hosted, developer-tools
- platform: embedded, cli
- tags: package-repository, buildroot, routers, nas, deprecated, opkg, embedded-linux, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- Entware/Entware-ng (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:59.731154+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:18:33.201864+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Entware/Entware-ng (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:59.731154+00:00, sha 2a6e71c154ab)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.