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VyOS vs BIRD: catalog facts
VyOS	BIRD
Freemium Open-source and royalty-free, with LTS releases distributed through the support portal and…	Free Free and open source under the GNU General Public License.
Self-hosted	Linux, Command line
Routing, firewall and VPN in a single system Runs on bare metal, cloud and edge hardware	Supports BGP, OSPF, RIP, BFD and Babel for IPv4 and IPv6 Flexible route filtering language
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	Unix-like systems only, no Windows port Configured through text files and a CLI, with no graphical interface
Operating system	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL
Not stated if an account is needed	No account 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 October 2, 2026

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