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IPFire vs VyOS: catalog facts
IPFire	VyOS
Free Free and open source.	Freemium Open-source and royalty-free, with LTS releases distributed through the support portal and…
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
WireGuard, OpenVPN and IPsec supported out of the box Network segmentation into DMZ, guest and trusted zones	Routing, firewall and VPN in a single system Runs on bare metal, cloud and edge hardware
Needs a dedicated machine or virtual machine Configuring zones and VPNs assumes networking knowledge	LTS builds are distributed through the support portal rather than a public download page Aimed at network engineers rather than home users looking for a simple setup
Operating system	Operating system
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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