The Best 13 SmoothWall Alternatives

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    DD-WRT

    DD-WRT is a Linux based alternative OpenSource firmware suitable for a great variety of WLAN routers and embedded systems.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • ClearOS

    ClearOS is a family of operating systems for the enterprise, small business, and home. There are three editions to choose from depending on your needs and suitable to your abilities.

    Free Open Source Linux

  • OPNsense

    OPNsense includes most of the features available in expensive commercial firewalls, and more in many cases. It brings the rich feature set of commercial offerings with the benefits of open and verifiable sources.

    Free Open Source Self-Hosted

  • IPCop

    IPCop Firewall is a Linux firewall distribution geared towards home and SOHO (Small Office/Home Office) users. The IPCop interface is very user-friendly and task-based.

    Free Open Source Linux

  • Untangle

    Untangle is a platform for deploying network based applications. The platform unites these applications around a common GUI, database and reporting.

    Freemium Linux

  • Endian Firewall Community

    Endian Firewall Community (EFW) is a "turn-key" linux security distribution that turns every system into a full featured security appliance with Unified Threat Management (UTM) functionality.

    Free Open Source Linux

  • VyOS

    vyos is a community fork of vyatta , a linux-based network operating system that provides software-based network routing, firewall, and vpn functionality.

    Free Open Source Linux

  • Juniper Contrail

    Contrail Networking is a software-defined networking (SDN) platform based on the open-source network virtualization project, OpenContrail. The Juniper platform automates...

    Commercial Self-Hosted

  • Forefront Threat Management Gateway

    Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (Forefront TMG), formerly known as Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA Server), is a network security...

    Commercial Windows