What Is Up With ClearOS? What Are Your pfSense alternatives? - eviltoast

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.

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    1 year ago

    If you are looking for a free self-hostable firewall solution, software rXg with community support is 100% free.

    Sign up/download: rgnets.com Free support: /r/RG Nets

    The level of features / HW requirements may mean this is not suitable for more casual self-hosters, but as a former pfsense user myself, I think this is the path I found.