opnsense.org
OPNsense
Who runs OPNsense, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest network firewall software alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
- Netgate
Measured from OPNsense’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit OPNsense01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs OPNsense
OPNsense opnsense.org
We’ve made digital security accessible to everyone. With our free OPNsense® platform, you get all the features of expensive commercial firewalls and more. Enjoy open and verifiable sources in a product developed with and for a large user community.
Wikidata: open-source firewall
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What OPNsense tracks
What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.
tracker that follows visitors
4 of the 18 alternatives below have fewer, 9 have more.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- None found
- US company
- 2 tools
Visitor analytics
Counts and follows visits, usually with cookies.
Third-party embeds
Videos, maps or fonts from other companies, which receive the visitor’s IP address.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to OPNsense
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to OPNsense, thumbs down if it isn’t.
19 of the 60 sites closest to OPNsense match.
- 01
cybersecurity company
Very close - 02
Open Web Protocol - Mysterium Network
An open-source ecosystem of protocols, tools and infrastructure to liberate the web. Our node network empowers both builders and users to access free information.
Very close - 03
Mullvad VPN - Privacy is for the people
Free the internet from mass surveillance and censorship. Fight for privacy with Mullvad VPN and Mullvad Browser.
Very close - 04
Psiphon
Open source, and trusted by millions: a censorship-resistant VPN that works where others fail.
Very close - 05
Enlightenment Main
window manager for Unix-like operating systems
Very close - 06
ClamAVNet
antivirus software
Close - 07
Openwall - bringing security into open computing environments
Information Security software for open computing environments, related publications, and professional services
Close - 08
Syncthing
open source continuous file synchronization software
Close - 09
MikroTik · Routers and Wireless
MikroTik makes networking hardware and software, which is used in nearly all countries of the world. Our mission is to make existing Internet technologies faster, more powerful and affordable to wider range of users.
Very close - 10
NextDNS - The new firewall for the modern Internet
NextDNS protects you from all kinds of security threats, blocks ads and trackers on websites and in apps and provides a safe and supervised Internet for kids — on all devices and on all networks.
Very close - 11
MyBB - Free and Open Source Forum Software
The official homepage for MyBB, a free and open source PHP forum software.
Close - 12
Cygwin
Unix subsystem for Windows machines
Close - 13
Firefox: The fast, private browser that keeps you safe — Firefox.com
The independent browser that has your back. Firefox blocks trackers, has a free built-in VPN, puts you in control of AI, and never sells your personal data.
Very close - 14
Appwrite · The open-source cloud for developers and agents
Appwrite is an open-source developer platform with Auth, Databases, Storage, Functions, Messaging, and Sites. The open-source cloud for agents and developers.
Very close - 15
Open Source Cloud ERP Software | ERPNext
ERPNext is the world's best 100% open source ERP software which supports manufacturing, distribution, retail, trading, services, education & more. Contact us!
Close - 16
Manjaro – The Linux for People and Organizations
This page provides an overview of Manjaro Linux, an open source operating system designed for ease of use. Learn about its features, installation, and support options. Get the most out of Manjaro Linux with the latest news, downloads, and tips from our helpful community.
Close - 17
Mozilla - Internet for people, not profit (US)
We’re working to put control of the internet back in the hands of the people using it.
Close - 18
WinMerge - You will see the difference…
WinMerge is an Open Source differencing and merging tool for Windows. WinMerge can compare both folders and files, presenting differences in a visual text format that is easy to understand and handle.
Close - 19
Penpot: The open-source design platform for teams.
Penpot is the open-source design platform for teams building digital products at scale, enabling deeper collaboration across design, code, and AI workflows.
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Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles OPNsense’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones OPNsense uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.
04 · History
What changed
Price and policy history →No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what OPNsense adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.
05 · Details
How we measure
Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.
The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 9 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 60
- Sites searched
- 9,216
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 43 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to OPNsense’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
Built with
- CMS
- WordPress page source: /wp-content/
- JavaScript libraries
- jQuery asset https://opnsense.org/wp-content/themes/template/assets/scripts/jquery.js
- CSS & UI
- Bootstrap asset https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.3.3/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css
- Fonts
- Adobe Fonts asset https://use.typekit.net/asa5fpa.css
- Analytics
- Google Analytics page source: googletagmanager.com/gtag/js
- CDN
- jsDelivr asset https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/select2@4.1.0-rc.0/dist/js/select2.min.js
- Web servers
- Apache HTTP Server header server: Apache
- Languages & backends
- PHP implied by WordPress (page source: /wp-content/)
- Email hosting
- Microsoft 365 TXT v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com -all
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console · not on opnsense.org 17/20
- Google Workspace · not on opnsense.org 11/20
- Cloudflare · not on opnsense.org 9/20
- Atlassian · not on opnsense.org 9/20
- Microsoft 365 8/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on opnsense.org 7/20
- HubSpot · not on opnsense.org 7/20
- Apple Business · not on opnsense.org 6/20
- OneTrust · not on opnsense.org 5/20
- Google Analytics 4/20
- jQuery 4/20
- Miro · not on opnsense.org 4/20
- OpenAI · not on opnsense.org 4/20
- React · not on opnsense.org 4/20
- Salesforce · not on opnsense.org 4/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on opnsense.org 4/20