# immortalwrt/immortalwrt

An opensource OpenWrt variant for mainland China users.

Repository: https://github.com/immortalwrt/immortalwrt
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/immortalwrt
Homepage: https://downloads.immortalwrt.org
Language: C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-08-26T02:04:01+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2568, "days_push": 8, "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 11498, forks 3850 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:48.367514+00:00)

## What it is
ImmortalWrt is an open-source fork of OpenWrt, a Linux-based operating system for embedded network devices like WiFi routers. It targets mainland China users with extra device support, more packages, optimized default profiles, and localization modifications not accepted upstream.

## Use cases
- flash a home WiFi router with custom open-source firmware
- replace vendor stock firmware on a supported router
- build custom router firmware images for specific devices
- run a router OS optimized for mainland China networks
- turn a cheap embedded board into a full-featured router
- get firmware for devices not supported by upstream OpenWrt

## When to choose
- you are a mainland China user wanting localized, performance-optimized router firmware
- your router hardware is unsupported by upstream OpenWrt but supported by ImmortalWrt
- you want extra packages or non-upstreamable tweaks beyond stock OpenWrt
- you need prebuilt firmware images across many SoC targets (mediatek, qualcommax, ramips, x86, etc.)

## When to avoid
- you want strict upstream OpenWrt compatibility and only upstreamable changes
- you need a general-purpose desktop or server Linux distribution
- you cannot build on a case-sensitive GNU/Linux, BSD, or macOS host
- your device is not in the supported targets list

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: networking, security, developer-tools, embedded
- domain: operating-systems, networking, embedded-systems, self-hosted
- platform: embedded, cross-platform
- tags: openwrt-fork, router-firmware, mainland-china, wifi-router, firmware-images, linux-distribution, linux

## Member repositories
- immortalwrt/immortalwrt (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:48.367514+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 2026-08-29T17:15:32.653513+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/immortalwrt/immortalwrt (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:48.367514+00:00, sha 605f9a516a17)
  - homepage: https://downloads.immortalwrt.org (fetched 2026-08-29T08:14:17.775322+00:00, sha 28fc7652e9eb)
  - site_page: https://downloads.immortalwrt.org/releases/25.12.1/targets (fetched 2026-08-29T08:14:17.777921+00:00, sha 40bfeebbaafe)
  - site_page: https://downloads.immortalwrt.org/releases/24.10.6/targets (fetched 2026-08-29T08:14:17.779622+00:00, sha 56f695df2ecb)
  - site_page: https://downloads.immortalwrt.org/releases/25.12.0/targets (fetched 2026-08-29T08:14:17.781152+00:00, sha 5d771ffae9f9)
  - site_page: https://downloads.immortalwrt.org/releases/24.10.5/targets (fetched 2026-08-29T08:14:17.782922+00:00, sha a2620dc176eb)
  - site_page: https://downloads.immortalwrt.org/releases/24.10.4/targets (fetched 2026-08-29T08:14:17.784687+00:00, sha e87ed15c8ea8)
  - site_page: https://downloads.immortalwrt.org/releases/24.10.3/targets (fetched 2026-08-29T08:14:17.786335+00:00, sha 007c0247b337)
  - site_page: https://downloads.immortalwrt.org/releases/24.10.2/targets (fetched 2026-08-29T08:14:17.787848+00:00, sha ae39c72572dc)
  - site_page: https://downloads.immortalwrt.org/releases/24.10.1/targets (fetched 2026-08-29T08:14:17.789402+00:00, sha 74139f420408)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.