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OPNsense GUI, API and systems backend (by opnsense)
unifios-utilities
A collection of enhancements for UnifiOS based devices (by unifi-utilities)
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| 241 | 215 | |
| 2,965 | 3,754 | |
| 4.3% | 1.3% | |
| 9.9 | 7.9 | |
| 4 days ago | 2 months ago | |
| PHP | Shell | |
| BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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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.
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
unifios-utilities
Posts with mentions or reviews of unifios-utilities.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-29.
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Unifi Express - Ad Blocking
I just purchased the unifi express and I have been researching its capabilities and more specifically ad blocking functionality. I have found that people are complaining about the ad blocking abilities not being very granular and referring to unifios-utilities and running something like pi hole or adguard as an alternative. Can I safely assume that these options will be available to the unifi express?
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Sold my employer on Ubiquiti and get to play with it professionally now
https://github.com/unifi-utilities/unifios-utilities <- this cannot be more simple to digest. Stop spreading FUD (and learn to code if you still don't understand how Github works and what is linked)
- Little help with understanding my edgrouter and att fiber.
- UDM (Non-Pro) and CloudFlare DDNS
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DNS server on UDR
Install on boot script: https://github.com/unifi-utilities/unifios-utilities/tree/main/on-boot-script
- UDM-Pro Multiple WAN IP's
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PiHole on UDM-Pro, Bridge mode?
(https://github.com/unifi-utilities/unifios-utilities)
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UDN pro static dns records?
Not natively but they run dnsmasq so you can use unifios-utilities with an on-boot-script to modify dnsmasq’s config and add whatever records you need, including wildcard
- UniFi OS - Dream Machines 3.0.20 is finally GA
- Running NGinx on SE
What are some alternatives?
When comparing core and unifios-utilities you can also consider the following projects:
docker-pihole-unbound - Run Pi-Hole + Unbound on Docker
Pi-hole - A black hole for Internet advertisements
openwrt - Linux distribution for embedded devices
wireguard-kmod - WireGuard for UDM series routers
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.
multicast-relay - multicast-relay docker for UniFi Dream Machines
asuswrt-merlin.ng - Third party firmware for Asus routers (newer codebase)
dnscrypt-proxy - dnscrypt-proxy 2 - A flexible DNS proxy, with support for encrypted DNS protocols.
UTMFW - UTM Firewall on OpenBSD
cloudflared - Cloudflare Tunnel client (formerly Argo Tunnel)
pfelk - pfSense/OPNsense + Elastic Stack
multicast-relay - Relay multicast and broadcast packets between interfaces.
core vs docker-pihole-unbound
unifios-utilities vs Pi-hole
core vs openwrt
unifios-utilities vs wireguard-kmod
core vs openNDS
unifios-utilities vs multicast-relay
core vs asuswrt-merlin.ng
unifios-utilities vs dnscrypt-proxy
core vs UTMFW
unifios-utilities vs cloudflared
core vs pfelk
unifios-utilities vs multicast-relay