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OPNsense is an open source,
easy-to-use and easy-to-build FreeBSD based firewall and routing platform.

OPNsense, Your next open source firewall

Read more or go directly to the project website: OPNsense.org

OPNsense is an open source,
easy-to-use and easy-to-build FreeBSD based firewall and routing platform.

OPNsense includes most of the features available in expensive commercial firewalls, and more in many cases.
For more on what it can do, see features

Mission statement

Give users, developers and businesses a friendly, stable and transparent environment.
Make OPNsense the most widely used open source security platform.

So why did we fork pfSense?

OPNsense® is a fork of pfSense® that in its turn has been forked from m0n0wall®. We thank all those that contributed to these projects.
These are our reasons for forking and creating OPNsense:

Technical
OPNsense makes building the software easy and provides the tools to do so.
The OPNsense team has a clear idea on how proper software should be written. The complete codebase is being reviewed and gets a huge cleanup.
This leads to a codebase that can be used by developers and is maintainable.

Community
OPNsense wants to build a thriving community that gives and shares.
Sources, tools and all you need to build it or verify the software.
OPNsense is and will be available with the simple 2-clause BSD license.
We believe an open source project should provide the sources and the tools to build it.

OPNsense core team

The international core team currently consists of three people.
The core team determines the project roadmap, it’s technical foundation and coding guidelines. So who are the people making OPNsense happen?

Franco Fichtner
An experienced software architect with avid interest in operating systems and firewalls.

Ad Schellevis
Consultant, developer and engineer with a focus on quality. First time right.

Jos Schellevis
A creative thinker with over 15 years of experience in networking and telecommunications.

We are the Company behind OPNsense

The OPNsense project is founded by Deciso B.V..
The support and history of Deciso gives the OPNsense project a stable environment. The company has a long history in providing networking solutions using open source software.
Other companies and parties are encouraged to join our effort and create a thriving community to make OPNsense as successful as it can be.