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VyOS vs FreshTomato: catalog facts
VyOS	FreshTomato
Freemium Open-source and royalty-free, with LTS releases distributed through the support portal and…	Free Free and open source under the GPL, supported by donations.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Routing, firewall and VPN in a single system Runs on bare metal, cloud and edge hardware	WireGuard and OpenVPN built in Advanced QoS and bandwidth monitoring
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	Only works on routers with Broadcom chipsets Flashing firmware carries a risk of bricking the router
Operating system	Operating system
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	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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