The First Open Hardware Router Designed for OpenWrt

OpenWrt One

2024

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Making Waves

A groundbreaking announcement that captured the tech community's attention

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Hacker News Points

One of the highest-voted hardware launches, signaling strong community demand for open hardware

What Makes OpenWrt One Special

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Fully Open Hardware

Complete schematics, PCB design files, and firmware – no black boxes

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Developer Friendly

Mini PCIe slot, USB ports, GPIO headers for expansion and customization

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WiFi 6 Ready

IEEE 802.11ax support with MediaTek Filogic 820 chipset

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Expandable Storage

16MB NOR flash + 128MB NAND flash, plus microSD slot

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Native OpenWrt

Designed from ground up for OpenWrt – seamless integration

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Repairable Design

Access to all components encourages repair and modification

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Under the Hood

Hardware built for performance and flexibility

Hardware Specifications

CPU

MediaTek MT7981B Dual-core ARM Cortex-A53 @ 1.3GHz
Wi-Fi

MT7976C Radio 2.4GHz & 5GHz dual-band, 2x2 MIMO
Network

4 Ports + SFP 1x Gigabit WAN, 3x Gigabit LAN, 1x SFP cage
Memory

512MB DDR4 Plenty of RAM for routing and additional services
Interfaces

Rich I/O USB 3.0, USB 2.0, microSD, GPIO, serial console
Form Factor

Compact Case Designed by Banana Pi team, passive cooling

Open Hardware vs Traditional Routers

Traditional Routers

Closed-source firmware
Proprietary hardware
Limited customization
Planned obsolescence
Security vulnerabilities hidden

OpenWrt One Open
Fully open-source firmware
Complete hardware documentation
Unlimited customization
Repairable and upgradable
Transparent security auditing

Join the Open Hardware Movement

OpenWrt One represents a new era of transparency and user freedom in networking

https://openwrt.org/toh/openwrt/one