OPNsense
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OPNsense GUI, API and systems backend observed · 2026-09-24
Health v2 · maintenance only
75/100
- Activity 96
- 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 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4329
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 27
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
4696 stars · 994 forks observed · 2026-09-24
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
OPNsense is an open-source, FreeBSD-based firewall and routing platform with a web GUI, REST API, and extensible plugin system. It provides commercial-firewall features such as stateful filtering, VPN, intrusion prevention, traffic shaping, and high availability.
Use cases
- build a home or office firewall router
- set up a VPN server with WireGuard or OpenVPN
- run intrusion detection and prevention on my network
- manage multi-WAN load balancing and failover
- create a captive portal for guest Wi-Fi
- replace a pfSense or commercial firewall appliance
When to choose
- you want a full-featured, actively maintained open-source firewall OS
- you need VPN, IDS/IPS, shaping, and HA in one platform
- you prefer a web GUI plus REST API for automation
When to avoid
- you need a lightweight software firewall on generic Linux servers
- you want a pure CLI/config-file firewall without a web interface
- your hardware is not FreeBSD-compatible
Facets
application · maturity active
security networking vpn proxy routing api-framework gui self-hosted security networking self-hosted infrastructure-as-code bsd self-hosted php firewall router intrusion-prevention captive-portal traffic-shaping freebsd multi-wan wireguard openvpn ipsec high-availability web-server
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/opnsense/core · fetched 2026-09-24 · 262a4f83861b
- homepage: https://opnsense.org/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 92c1aefe3aad
- site_page: https://opnsense.org/features · fetched 2026-08-29 · e84b077fe78c
- site_page: https://docs.opnsense.org/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · e53fb98e2793
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| opnsense/core | main | 75 |
| opnsense/plugins | plugin | 75 |
| opnsense/src | backend | 75 |
| opnsense/tools | infra | 75 |
| opnsense/ports | infra | 75 |
| opnsense/update | infra | 75 |
| opnsense/changelog | docs | 75 |
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