pkg
Package management tool for FreeBSD. Help at #pkg on Libera Chat or [email protected] (by freebsd)
core
OPNsense GUI, API and systems backend (by opnsense)
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| pkg | core | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | 241 | |
| 728 | 2,971 | |
| 0.7% | 4.3% | |
| 9.5 | 9.9 | |
| 9 days ago | 1 day ago | |
| C | PHP | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
pkg
Posts with mentions or reviews of pkg.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-09.
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Personal FreeBSD PKGBASE Update Server
pkg.conf(5): HTTPS for pkg.freebsd.org by grahamperrin · Pull Request #2199 · freebsd/pkg
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pfBlockerNG-devel v3.1.0_19/10
``` pkg: Warning: Major OS version upgrade detected. Running "pkg bootstrap -f" recommended pkg-1.18.4_3 Name : pkg Version : 1.18.4_3 Installed on : Wed Nov 30 06:03:08 2022 EST Origin : ports-mgmt/pkg Architecture : FreeBSD:14:amd64 Prefix : /usr/local Categories : ports-mgmt Licenses : BSD2CLAUSE Maintainer : [email protected] WWW : https://github.com/freebsd/pkg Comment : Package manager Options : DOCS : off Shared Libs provided: libpkg.so.4 Annotations : FreeBSD_version: 1400073 build_timestamp: 2022-11-07T16:00:12+0000 built_by : poudriere-git-3.3.99.20220831 port_checkout_unclean: no port_git_hash : 64db341f2df5 ports_top_checkout_unclean: yes ports_top_git_hash: 64db341f2df5 repo_type : binary repository : pfSense Flat size : 34.3MiB Description : Package management tool
- Update: parallel downloads?
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OPNsense 22.1.7 released
We went back to look at why this happened and found https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/issues/1917 which we reported a long time ago. It seems that when py37-MarkupSafe became py37-markupsafe the FreeBSD package tool would mark the new package as manually installed (which it wasn't) so it sticked around ever since then for some people.
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pkg support for Multithreaded Download?
Fetching multiple packages in parallel · Issue #1961 · freebsd/pkg
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Is this a FreeBSD Issue / Am I doing something wrong ?
Apart from that, the pkg source is available here: https://github.com/freebsd/pkg. You can file a feature request there, too. Code is pretty clean IIRC and I'm sure they appreciate patches.
core
Posts with mentions or reviews of core.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-14.
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Dnsmasq wins the first BlueHats Prize
dnsmasq can be used for wildcard domain aliases in OPNsense firewall, https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues/4145#issuecomment-12...
- OPNsense Wildcard Support in Firewall Host Alias (2022)
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How to bypass public IP and NAT
Firmware's like Asuswrt-Merlin or OpenWRT can support dynamic-dns, or you can do like I do and run something like OPNsense in an x86 VM with a NIC passed through, or buy an inexpensive firewall appliance (up to 500mbps/1gbps/10gbps).
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Stop ISP from getting into my Router
The easiest solution is to buy your own router, set it up, disable the router functionality on the Fritzbox 7590 and plug your router into it. It'll be cheaper and easier than a Cisco Firewall, but if you want to go the dedicated firewall route then I would recommenced OPNsense
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Near Constant PTR lookups from localhost
Much searching lead me to a possible patch Unbound.inc for how it was handling aliases for 23.7 -> https://github.com/opnsense/core/pull/5925
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The world in which IPv6 was a good design
[2]: https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues/2544
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OpenBSD Innovations
BSDs may not have a significant presence on desktops, but they're well known in the networking world for their reliability. They also were the foundation used to build OSes for specific applications. OpnSense and XigmaNAS, for example, are two excellent FreeBSD based applications aimed at firewalling/security and NAS/services.
https://opnsense.org/
https://xigmanas.com/xnaswp/
- Root user access denied when adding new users?
- OPNsense: Open-source security platform
What are some alternatives?
When comparing pkg and core you can also consider the following projects:
NomadBSD - Livesystem based on FreeBSD
docker-pihole-unbound - Run Pi-Hole + Unbound on Docker
openwrt - Linux distribution for embedded devices
openNDS - openNDS (open Network Demarcation Service) is a high performance, small footprint, Captive Portal. It provides a border control gateway between a public local area network and the Internet.
asuswrt-merlin.ng - Third party firmware for Asus routers (newer codebase)
UTMFW - UTM Firewall on OpenBSD
unifios-utilities - A collection of enhancements for UnifiOS based devices
pfelk - pfSense/OPNsense + Elastic Stack
miniProxy
pfSense - Main repository for pfSense
vector - A high-performance observability data pipeline.
wireguard-vyatta-ubnt - WireGuard for Ubiquiti Devices