# immortalwrt-mt798x

An Immortalwrt variant for mediatek mt798x routers.

Repository: https://github.com/hanwckf/immortalwrt-mt798x
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/immortalwrt-mt798x
Language: C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2025-12-24T10:14:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 58/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 58, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1417, "days_push": 252, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1763, forks 867 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:32.867029+00:00)

## What it is
An ImmortalWrt (OpenWrt fork) variant targeting MediaTek MT798x family routers, providing a full embedded Linux firmware build system with additional device support and patches. It lets users compile custom router firmware images on a GNU/Linux build host.

## Use cases
- build custom firmware for MT7981/MT7986 routers
- flash OpenWrt-style Linux onto MediaTek Wi-Fi 6 routers
- turn a cheap MT798x router into a self-hosted gateway
- add non-upstreamable patches and extra packages to router firmware
- set up a router with Chinese-market optimizations
- maintain a fork of OpenWrt for specific SoC boards

## When to choose
- you own a MediaTek MT798x router not supported by official OpenWrt
- you want ImmortalWrt's extra packages and China-specific optimizations
- you need to build and customize firmware images yourself

## When to avoid
- your router is supported by upstream OpenWrt and you want long-term upstream support
- you need a stable, vendor-supported firmware for production networks
- you cannot run a Linux build environment with ~25GB disk space

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: embedded, networking, self-hosted, developer-tools
- domain: embedded-systems, networking, operating-systems, self-hosted, hardware
- platform: embedded, cli
- tags: openwrt-fork, router-firmware, mediatek-mt798x, immortalwrt, embedded-linux, firmware-build, linux

## Member repositories
- hanwckf/immortalwrt-mt798x (main) score 58
- hanwckf/bl-mt798x (infra) score 41

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:32.867029+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 2026-08-30T03:26:41.896142+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hanwckf/immortalwrt-mt798x (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:32.867029+00:00, sha 12c1833ae95e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.