First Router Designed Specifically For OpenWrt Released

I also got some GL.iNet devices this Black Friday and honestly it’s been such a joy to just plug in a router and be able to unbox it and then instantly SSH to it and start installing packages.

So far I kind of like the GL.iNet approach of “user friendly UI” + “full openwrt UI if you want it” just because so many of the simple things (like Tailscale setup) are as easy as flicking a switch instead of running a bunch of scripts, but I’m definitely rooting for any company building on top of OpenWRT instead of more closed-source, super janky, proprietary ones.