If I search for ClearOS I find mostly 2+ year old threads. Many older. Many talking about how it has been defunct for years… however if I just visit the site it seems to be still in development and up to date. It also seems like something selfhosted users would like… however I couldn’t find any recent discussions on it to see if its garbage or not.
I plan on installing it tomorrow to check it out. I’ve been trying to migrate away from pfSense but I’ve been having a hell of a time finding a viable alternative and came across some very old ClearOS threads which is how it got on my radar.
I’ve been trying to get an OpnSense install up and running but I just can’t get it working in the most basic installation. My original plan was just to migrate directly to OpnSense but I’ve pretty much given up on it.
Why do you want to migrate from pfsense? I know there is big push from reddit communities to opnsense, but it’s mostly for ideological, not technical reasons. The actual product is really solid with less updates (but the security ones like openssl are done quicker on pfsense), PFsense business version is cheaper both for hardware and software version and most importantly it works for you right now, without wasting time. I’ve been using opnsense for many years in my homelab and also had to work with pfsense in business environment (not that much though) and from security and cost perspective I do not see reason to use opnsense. It’s either less stable or more expensive than competitor.So why bother with change?
As for clearOS, I wouldn’t waste time on it. I think after HPE bought them, they mostly stagnated. Looking at their github, nothing is really done:https://github.com/orgs/clearos/repositories
same with their blog.
For those non technical reasons. And just to play around with something different. I’m rebuilding my network so I figured I’d try some products to see if I want to use something different. I might try the Omada and UniFi gateways as well.
That’s weird. They have some screenshots of Plex with modern/current UI. They have a bunch with the older UI as well. They’ve updated the date on some of their articles and pages but the latest release seems to be from 2019. What a strange way for a product to die off.