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Packages

OpenWrt provides several thousand packages to extend the functionality of your device. The browsable package lists in this wiki will always show packages available in the latest update of the stable release.

Package index

The package overview moved over to repology.org for a better user experience. Please visit the links below.

Over time the legacy package table views in the wiki will be removed.

Package management cheatsheet

After you have flashed the OpenWrt firmware to your device, you can install additional software packages via WebUI or CLI.

If you are unsure how to access or configure your router within your environment see: Quick start guide

Managing packages

This article relies on the following:

Introduction

  • There are many packages available in the repository to add more functionality to OpenWrt.
  • Below describes managing packages with both the LuCI webUI and command-line.
  • This is used to search, install, and remove packages.

Web interface

Manage packages using the LuCI web interface:

  1. Navigate to System → Software.
  2. Click Update lists button to fetch a list of available packages.
  3. In the Filter field type to search for a specific package.
  4. In the Available packages tab click install on the package you want.
  5. Switch to Installed packages tab to show or remove installed packages.

Install packages that begin with luci-app-* if you want to have LuCI support.

Command-line

Manage packages from the command-line (typically via SSH):

  • OpenWrt 25.12 and newer uses apk. For example to install a package: apk -U add packagename
  • OpenWrt 24.10 and older uses opkg. For example to install a package: opkg update && opkg install packagename

Managing packages

This article relies on the following:

Introduction

  • There are many packages available in the repository to add more functionality to OpenWrt.
  • Below describes managing packages with both the LuCI webUI and command-line.
  • This is used to search, install, and remove packages.

Web interface

Manage packages using the LuCI web interface:

  1. Navigate to System → Software.
  2. Click Update lists button to fetch a list of available packages.
  3. In the Filter field type to search for a specific package.
  4. In the Available packages tab click install on the package you want.
  5. Switch to Installed packages tab to show or remove installed packages.

Install packages that begin with luci-app-* if you want to have LuCI support.

Command-line

Manage packages from the command-line (typically via SSH):

  • OpenWrt 25.12 and newer uses apk. For example to install a package: apk -U add packagename
  • OpenWrt 24.10 and older uses opkg. For example to install a package: opkg update && opkg install packagename

Legacy packages

Information that is no longer relevant for the current stable or snapshot version of OpenWrt. Package indexes in this section are not updated anymore as the packages in legacy releases will not change.

To download a legacy package, see the packages/ directory for a given release and target in the release archive on the Package Repository.

Release Package index Package table Package DB
21.02 Package index Package table Package DB
19.07 Package index Package table Package DB
18.06 Package index Package table Package DB

Third-party packages

Third-party packages are untested and unsupported by OpenWrt developers. No guarantees or warranties are made about their safety or usefulness.

Only install packages from sources you trust. Ask support for third-party packages from the maintainers of those packages, not the developers of OpenWrt.

Common sources for such packages include: ipkg.be and NSLU2 optware.