OpenWRT router - recommended hardware list 2025

Preview OpenWRT router - recommended hardware list 2025

OpenWRT provides a uniform and up-to-date software for different network devices like routers or access points and delivers countless additional setting options, software packages and functions. This makes it possible to combine new and old devices from different manufacturers and, among other things, to use low-cost hardware in a common WiFi, see: Setting up a home network: Extending LAN and WLAN | Improving.

New devices for OpenWrt, not so easy at all

The search for hardware suitable for OpenWrt is anything but simple. The "Table of Hardware" on the OpenWrt page includes around 2000 devices, but very few of them are suitable for use because they are outdated, do not support the current release or certain functions, or are no longer available. After spending some time to find suitable devices and not finding a really good filtered source, I tried to create a list myself. As a basis I used the official OpenWrt device list and filtered it according to the following criteria: 

Source is the list from the official OpenWrt page: Table of Hardware: Standard, all devices, this was filtered as follows:

Version Devices that support the current OpenWrt version: 24.10.2 (found: 2025-06-26)
Installation Devices where OpenWRT can be installed via the existing web interface.
Memory min. 8MB Flash / 64MB RAM
WiFi support for 2.4GHz and 5GHz WiFi-6 (AX WLAN)

Regarding availability, I looked up the devices on the Amazon site, removed devices that were not listed, and added a link for devices that were found.

I will update the mentioned devices regularly ...

OpenWrt compatible devices

WiFi Router

on amazon.com:

Banana Pi BPI-R3 Mini Wi-Fi 6 Open Sourc...

Availability: Now
Price: $119.99
as of: 2025-07-08 06:33
Details

Banana Pi BPi-R3 Mini

CPU: 4x 2000 (Cores x Mhz)
Flash: 128NAND,eMMC MB
RAM: 2048 MB
WiFi: 2,4G b/g/n/ax; 5G a/n/ac/ax (MediaTek MT7986AV,MediaTek MT7976CN)

 

Source / DevicePage for Banana Pi BPi-R3 Mini

on amazon.com:

GL.iNet GL-MT6000(Flint 2) WiFi 6 Router...

Availability: Now
Price: $159.90
as of: 2025-07-08 09:30
Details

GL-MT6000 (Flint 2)

CPU: 4x 2000 (Cores x Mhz)
Flash: eMMC MB
RAM: 1024 MB
WiFi: 2,4G b/g/n/ax; 5G a/n/ac/ax (MediaTek MT7976GN,MediaTek MT7976AN)

 

Source / DevicePage for GL-MT6000 (Flint 2)

on amazon.com:

Cudy AX3000 Multi Gigabit Dual Band WiFi...

Availability: Now
Price: $69.99
as of: 2025-07-08 06:32
Details

WR3000H v1

CPU: 2x 1300 (Cores x Mhz)
Flash: 128NAND MB
RAM: 256 MB
WiFi: 2,4G b/g/n/ax; 5G a/n/ac/ax (MediaTek MT7981BA,MediaTek MT7976CN)

Installation, see: Cudy-Devices

on amazon.com:

Cudy AX3000 Wi-Fi 6 2.5G Mesh System(M30...

Availability: Now
Price: $49.99
as of: 2025-07-08 06:32
Details

M3000 v1,v2

CPU: 2x 1300 (Cores x Mhz)
Flash: 128NAND MB
RAM: 256 MB
WiFi: 2,4G b/g/n/ax; 5G a/n/ac/ax (MediaTek MT7981BA,MediaTek MT7976CN)

Installation, see: Cudy-Devices

on amazon.com:

Cudy AX3000 WiFi 6 Router �� 802.11ax W...

Availability: Now
Price: $49.99
as of: 2025-07-08 09:27
Details

WR3000 v1,v2

CPU: 2x 1300 (Cores x Mhz)
Flash: 16 MB
RAM: 256 MB
WiFi: 2,4G b/g/n/ax; 5G a/n/ac/ax (MediaTek MT7981BA,MediaTek MT7976CN)

Installation, see: Cudy-Devices

Source / DevicePage for WR3000 v1,v2

on amazon.com:

Cudy WR3000S AX3000 Dual Band WiFi 6 Mes...

Availability: Now
Price: $59.99
as of: 2025-07-08 06:32
Details

WR3000S v1

CPU: 2x 1300 (Cores x Mhz)
Flash: 128NAND MB
RAM: 256 MB
WiFi: 2,4G b/g/n/ax; 5G a/n/ac/ax (MediaTek MT7981BA,MediaTek MT7976CN)

Installation, see: Cudy-Devices

Source / DevicePage for WR3000S v1

Single Board Computer

on amazon.com:

Banana Pi BPI-R3 Mini Wi-Fi 6 Open Sourc...

Availability: Now
Price: $119.99
as of: 2025-07-08 06:33
Details

Banana Pi BPi-R3 V1.0,V1.1

CPU: 4x 2000 (Cores x Mhz)
Flash: 32,128NAND,eMMC,microSD MB
RAM: 2048 MB
WiFi: 2,4G b/g/n/ax; 5G a/n/ac/ax (MediaTek MT7986A,MediaTek MT7975N,MediaTek MT7975P)

 

Source / DevicePage for Banana Pi BPi-R3 V1.0,V1.1

on amazon.com:

Banana Pi BPI-R4 WiFi 7 Wireless Dual-Ba...

Availability: Now
Price: $254.99
as of: 2025-07-08 06:34
Details

Banana Pi BPI-R4 2.5GE

CPU: 4x 1800 (Cores x Mhz)
Flash: 128NAND,eMMC,microSD MB /
RAM: 4096 MB /
WiFi: 2,4G b/g/n/ax; 5G a/n/ac/ax (Optional: MediaTek MT7995AV (double miniPCIe module))

 

Source / DevicePage for Banana Pi BPI-R4

on amazon.com:

WayPonDEV Banana Pi WiFi 6 OpenWrt One R...

Availability: Now
Price: $119.99
as of: 2025-07-08 06:36
Details

One

CPU: 2x 1300 (Cores x Mhz)
Flash: 16,256NAND MB
RAM: 1024 MB
WiFi: 2,4G b/g/n/ax; 5G a/n/ac/ax (MediaTek MT7981BA,MediaTek MT7976CN)

 

Source / DevicePage for One

WiFi AP

on amazon.com:

Cudy AX3000 2.5G WiFi 6 Wireless Access ...

Availability: Now
Price: $79.99
as of: 2025-07-08 06:33
Details

AP3000 V1

CPU: 2x 1300 (Cores x Mhz)
Flash: 256NAND MB
RAM: 512 MB
WiFi: 2,4G b/g/n/ax; 5G a/n/ac/ax (MediaTek MT7981BA,MediaTek MT7976CN)

Installation, see: Cudy-Devices

on amazon.com:

NETGEAR 4-Stream WiFi 6 Dual-Band Gigabi...

Availability: Now
Price: $139.99
as of: 2025-07-08 09:30
Details

WAX202

CPU: 2x 880 (Cores x Mhz)
Flash: 128NAND MB
RAM: 512 MB
WiFi: 2,4G b/g/n/ax; 5G a/n/ac/ax (MediaTek MT7915D)

 

Source / DevicePage for WAX202

on amazon.com:

Zyxel WiFi 6 AX3000 Wireless Gigabit Acc...

Availability: Now
Price: $104.71
as of: 2025-07-08 09:30
Details

NWA50AX

CPU: 2x 880 (Cores x Mhz)
Flash: 128NAND MB
RAM: 256 MB
WiFi: 2,4G b/g/n/ax; 5G a/n/ac/ax (MediaTek MT7915)

Source / DevicePage für NWA50AX Pro   Step by step practical report, see: NWA50AX Commissioning.

Source / DevicePage for NWA50AX

Travel Router

on amazon.com:

Cudy TR3000 Pocket-Sized Wi-Fi 6 Wireles...

Availability: Now
Price: $69.99
as of: 2025-07-08 06:32
Details

TR3000 v1

CPU: 2x 1300 (Cores x Mhz)
Flash: 128NAND MB
RAM: 512 MB
WiFi: 2,4G b/g/n/ax; 5G a/n/ac/ax (MediaTek MT7981BA,MediaTek MT7976CN)

Installation, see: Cudy-Devices

Source / DevicePage for TR3000 v1

Router

on amazon.com:

GL.iNet GL-X3000 (Spitz AX) Cellular Gat...

Availability: Now
Price: $358.99
as of: 2025-07-08 06:34
Details

GL-X3000 (Spitz AX) NR

CPU: 2x 1300 (Cores x Mhz)
Flash: eMMC,microSDXC MB
RAM: 512 MB
WiFi: 2,4G b/g/n/ax; 5G a/n/ac/ax (MediaTek MT7981BA,MediaTek MT7976CN)

 

Source / DevicePage for GL-X3000 (Spitz AX) NR

Range Extender

on amazon.com:

NETGEAR WiFi 6 Mesh Range Extender (EAX1...

Availability: Now
Price: $89.99
as of: 2025-07-08 06:33
Details

EAX15 v2

CPU: 2x 880 (Cores x Mhz)
Flash: 128NAND MB
RAM: 256 MB
WiFi: 2,4G b/g/n/ax; 5G a/n/ac/ax (MediaTek MT7915)

 

Source / DevicePage for EAX15 v2

on amazon.com:

NETGEAR WiFi 6 Mesh Range Extender (EAX1...

Availability: Now
Price: $79.99
as of: 2025-07-08 06:33
Details

EAX12

CPU: 2x 880 (Cores x Mhz)
Flash: 128NAND MB
RAM: 256 MB
WiFi: 2,4G b/g/n/ax; 5G a/n/ac/ax (MediaTek MT7915)

 

Source / DevicePage for EAX12

Before installation, please read the Device Page of the respective device.

Before installing OpenWrt on a device, please read the Device Page of the respective device thoroughly and follow any instructions!

Use as router and NAT performance

When used as a router, a device with multiple CPU cores should be used for Internet bandwidths greater than 300MBit, see: openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/archer-c5-c7-wdr7500. But OpenWrt also benefits from more than one CPU when used as an access point.

Cudy devices

For Cudy devices, a signed OpenWrt image (Intermediary) from Cudy is required before the official OpenWrt image can be installed:
See: www.cudy.com/de-de/blogs/faq/openwrt-software-download
Download: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BKVarlwlNxf7uJUtRhuMGUqeCa5KpMnj

Conclusion

It can take some time until a device is listed with the current "stable version" of OpenWrt. Accordingly, the listed devices have usually been on the market for some time, which is not necessarily a disadvantage: Thanks to OpenWrt, the devices get up-to-date, mature software and usually updates for a very long time and are sometimes somewhat cheaper than a newer model, see also:  Alternative router firmware: OpenWrt and no longer DD-WRT. A WiFi router with additional access points could be used to set up a home network. All devices listed here could be used as additional access points: WiFi router, Wifi AP or range extender by configuring this as an access point. The connection between the router and additional access points ideally takes place via LAN cables, see: Set up network for home: Expand and improve your LAN / WiFi.

 

 

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created by Bernhard | published: 2022-07-11 | Updated: 2025-07-07 | Übersetzung Deutsch |🔔 | Comments:5

Questions / Comments


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✍anonym
2023-11-10 16:28
A very nice device is missing from the list because it only has 32MB RAM. But the AVM 4040 doesn't deserve that. Its advantage is that all hardware is supported and it is extremely easy to handle (flash, debrick, ...). I have used the box in many demanding scenarios.

✍anonym
2023-08-10 02:52
Is there a similar list for devices without WLAN. I do not need WLAN functionality and try to find a device without unused hardware build in.

✍anonym
2023-05-16 21:43
Xiaomi AX3200 / Redmi AX6S
Xiaomi 4A Giga
Xiaomi AIoT Router AC2350
Xiaomi Redmi Router AC2100
✍Bernhard
comment date 16.05.2023 21:53
Thank you for your feedback. I took a look at the device page. Even they would work, looks like OpenWrt can not simple be installed using the existing webinterface. Looks like they need some kind of hacks to be installed ..

created by Bernhard
✍anonym
comment date 02.12.2024 14:39
very helpful. Thanks.

created by anonym

 
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