# coolsnowwolf/lede

Lean's LEDE source

Repository: https://github.com/coolsnowwolf/lede
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/lede
Language: C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: lede, lua, openwrt-package, openwrt-zh-cn, openwrt-feed
Last push: 2026-08-23T14:36:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 71/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 18, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3283, "days_push": 10, "days_rel": 337, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 31586, forks 19202 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:56.968734+00:00)

## What it is
Lean's LEDE is a popular fork of the OpenWrt/LEDE source tree for building custom router and soft-router firmware, with extra device support (e.g., Loongson, Phytium, Rockchip-based gateways) and many community packages. It provides the full build system, feeds, and configuration tooling to compile firmware images for a wide range of embedded network devices.

## Use cases
- build custom OpenWrt firmware for my router
- flash a soft-router with extra packages like VPN and ad blocking
- compile firmware for a Rockchip or Loongson based network gateway
- create a home router image with Chinese localization
- customize OpenWrt feeds and packages for my own hardware
- set up a 2.5G home gateway running OpenWrt

## When to choose
- you want a feature-rich OpenWrt fork with many pre-added packages and Chinese community support
- your hardware (e.g., Rockchip RK35xx, Loongson, Phytium boards) is supported by this fork but not upstream OpenWrt
- you need a proven, widely used build tree for soft-router firmware

## When to avoid
- you need strict upstream OpenWrt compatibility, official releases, or GPL-clean licensing (license is marked NOASSERTION)
- you want a minimal, vanilla OpenWrt build without third-party patches
- you cannot build on Linux or are unwilling to compile from source

## Facets
- artifact type: infra-config
- maturity: active
- function: infrastructure-as-code, build-tool, networking, security, self-hosted
- domain: networking, embedded-systems, self-hosted, operating-systems, developer-tools
- platform: embedded, self-hosted, cli
- tags: openwrt-fork, router-firmware, lede, soft-router, firmware-build, openwrt-feed, chinese-localization, linux

## Member repositories
- coolsnowwolf/lede (main) score 71

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:56.968734+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 2026-08-29T16:52:16.031649+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/coolsnowwolf/lede (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:56.968734+00:00, sha 8aa97715c024)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.