rtr7/router7

router7 is a small home internet router completely written in Go. It is implemented as a gokrazy appliance. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/rtr7/router7 · homepage · Go · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

74/100

Activity 93
Release rhythm 35
Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

gap_med: n/a
age_days: 2972
days_rel: n/a
days_push: 45
n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2764 stars · 116 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

router7 is a small home internet router implemented entirely in Go, running as a gokrazy appliance on PC Engines apu2c4 hardware. It bundles DHCPv4, DHCPv6, DNS and related services with automatic update rollback and packet-capture-based diagnostics.

Use cases

build a home router in pure Go
replace OpenWrt on an apu2c4 for a fiber connection
run a router appliance with auto-rollback updates
debug DHCP and IPv6 packets with Wireshark
keep last-known DHCP config across reboots
netboot-install a router image via PXE

When to choose

you want a minimal, fully-Go router OS tailored to fiber7-style connections
you value fast kexec-based updates with automatic rollback on connectivity loss
you want human-readable JSON state and easy packet-level debugging

When to avoid

you need a feature-rich router with VPN, firewall UI, or plugin ecosystem
you want community-driven feature development - it is a tech demo and feature requests are declined
you don't have supported hardware like the apu2c4

Facets

application · maturity maintenance

networking self-hosted developer-tools networking self-hosted developer-tools go self-hosted home-router gokrazy dhcp dns router-os apu2c4 pure-go linux

3 sources

readme: https://github.com/rtr7/router7 · fetched 2026-08-28 · 9c8a5fec7576
homepage: https://router7.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · bbf40236e786
site_page: https://router7.org/installation · fetched 2026-08-29 · 5a5e4394960e

Member repositories

Repository	Role	Health v2
rtr7/router7	main	74

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="rtr7/router7")

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