The OPNsense® project invites developers to start developing with OPNsense. For your own purpose or even better to join us in creating the best open source firewall available.
The OPNsense project invites developers to startcontributing to
the code base. For your own purpose or even better to join us in
creating the best open source firewall available.
The build process has been redesigned to make it lot more straightforward and easy for developers to build OPNsense. Being able to get the sources and build it yourself is one of the key factors of open source software.
The build process has been designed to make it truly straightforward
and easy for anyone to build and code. Being able to get the sources
and build it yourself is one of the key factors of open source software.
Although a lot of the code is still legacy, we try to publish the direction we're taking on our wiki page.
The main outline of the new codebase is available there at https://wiki.opnsense.org/index.php/Develop:Architecture
Our aim is to gradually evolve to a new codebase instead of using a big bang approach into something new.
Although a lot of the code is still in flux, we try to publish the
direction we're taking on our wiki page. The main outline of the new
To create working software like OPNsense you need the sources and the tools to build it. The build tools for OPNsense are freely available. No strings attached.
Our aim is to gradually evolve to a new codebase instead of using a
big bang approach into something new.
Notes on how to build OPNsense can be found in the tools repository at https://github.com/opnsense/tools
Build tools
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# Contribute
To create working software like OPNsense you need the sources and the
tools to build it. The build tools for OPNsense are freely available.
No strings attached.
You can contribute to the project in many ways, like testing functionality, sending in bug reports or send us pull requests via github.
Any help is always very welcome!
Notes on how to build OPNsense can be found in the tools repository:
# License
OPNsense is and will be available with the simple 2-clause BSD license (http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause).
Every contribution made to the project should be available under the same conditions.
https://github.com/opnsense/tools
Contribute
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You can contribute to the project in many ways, e.g. testing
functionality, sending in bug reports or creating pull requests
directly via GitHub. Any help is always very welcome!
License
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OPNsense is and will always be available under the 2-Clause BSD license:
http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause
Every contribution made to the project must be licensed under the
same conditions in order to keep OPNsense truly free and accessible
