README.md

   1 ![OpenWrt logo](include/logo.png)
   2
   3 OpenWrt Project is a Linux operating system targeting embedded devices. Instead
   4 of trying to create a single, static firmware, OpenWrt provides a fully
   5 writable filesystem with package management. This frees you from the
   6 application selection and configuration provided by the vendor and allows you
   7 to customize the device through the use of packages to suit any application.
   8 For developers, OpenWrt is the framework to build an application without having
   9 to build a complete firmware around it; for users this means the ability for
  10 full customization, to use the device in ways never envisioned.
  11
  12 Sunshine!
  13
  14 ## Development
  15
  16 To build your own firmware you need a GNU/Linux, BSD or MacOSX system (case
  17 sensitive filesystem required). Cygwin is unsupported because of the lack of a
  18 case sensitive file system.
  19
  20 ### Requirements
  21
  22 You need the following tools to compile OpenWrt, the package names vary between
  23 distributions. A complete list with distribution specific packages is found in
  24 the [Build System Setup](https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-developer/build-system/install-buildsystem)
  25 documentation.
  26
  27 ```
  28 gcc binutils bzip2 flex python3 perl make find grep diff unzip gawk getopt
  29 subversion libz-dev libc-dev rsync
  30 ```
  31
  32 ### Quickstart
  33
  34 1. Run `./scripts/feeds update -a` to obtain all the latest package definitions
  35    defined in feeds.conf / feeds.conf.default
  36
  37 2. Run `./scripts/feeds install -a` to install symlinks for all obtained
  38    packages into package/feeds/
  39
  40 3. Run `make menuconfig` to select your preferred configuration for the
  41    toolchain, target system & firmware packages.
  42
  43 4. Run `make` to build your firmware. This will download all sources, build the
  44    cross-compile toolchain and then cross-compile the GNU/Linux kernel & all chosen
  45    applications for your target system.
  46
  47 ### Related Repositories
  48
  49 The main repository uses multiple sub-repositories to manage packages of
  50 different categories. All packages are installed via the OpenWrt package
  51 manager called `opkg`. If you're looking to develop the web interface or port
  52 packages to OpenWrt, please find the fitting repository below.
  53
  54 * [LuCI Web Interface](https://github.com/openwrt/luci): Modern and modular
  55   interface to control the device via a web browser.
  56
  57 * [OpenWrt Packages](https://github.com/openwrt/packages): Community repository
  58   of ported packages.
  59
  60 * [OpenWrt Routing](https://github.com/openwrt-routing/packages): Packages
  61   specifically focused on (mesh) routing.
  62
  63 ## Support Information
  64
  65 For a list of supported devices see the [OpenWrt Hardware Database](https://openwrt.org/supported_devices)
  66
  67 ### Documentation
  68
  69 * [Quick Start Guide](https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-quick-start/start)
  70 * [User Guide](https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/start)
  71 * [Developer Documentation](https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-developer/start)
  72 * [Technical Reference](https://openwrt.org/docs/techref/start)
  73
  74 ### Support Community
  75
  76 * [Forum](https://forum.openwrt.org): For usage, projects, discussions and hardware advise.
  77 * [Support Chat](https://webchat.freenode.net/#openwrt): Channel `#openwrt` on freenode.net.
  78
  79 ### Developer Community
  80
  81 * [Bug Reports](https://bugs.openwrt.org): Report bugs in OpenWrt
  82 * [Dev Mailing List](https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel): Send patches
  83 * [Dev Chat](https://webchat.freenode.net/#openwrt-devel): Channel `#openwrt-devel` on freenode.net.
  84
  85 ## License
  86
  87 OpenWrt is licensed under GPL-2.0