Communication within the OpenWrt Project

One of OpenWrt's goals is that all project-related communication should be done via channels that are archived and publicly available.

There are many different ways of getting in touch with other OpenWrt enthusiasts and developers.

The OpenWrt Forum provides a place for web-based communication:

• Release and security announcements
• Installing and Using OpenWrt
• Hardware Questions and Recommendations
• For Developers
• Talk about Documentation ¹⁾
• Community Builds, Projects & Packages
• Feature Requests
• Site Feedback and Other Questions

Important changes about OpenWrt, such as new releases or important security fixes, can be received via different channels:

• OpenWrt-Announce - a mailing list for new releases and security announcements
• RSS feed - for OpenWrt security advisories
• Release and security announcements in the OpenWrt Forum (RSS/JSON)

Communication happens on several public mailing lists:

1. OpenWrt-Devel - patch submissions and general development discussions
2. OpenWrt-Admin - project administration
3. OpenWrt-Announce - release and security announcements
4. OpenWrt-Bugs - bug tracking notifications
5. LEDE-Commit - tracks commits to the openwrt/openwrt.git and web.git repositories

The project provides 3 IRC channels on OFTC:

1. #openwrt - for everyone
2. #openwrt-devel - for developers
3. #openwrt-adm - for project organisation

Refer to OpenWrt IRC Contact for further details.

Reporting Bugs

Getting support

Please note that these are not actively monitored by the OpenWrt.org developers.

• Reddit
• Matrix room for community discussions (contact @bkil for inquiries)
• XMPP:
  • xmpp:openwrt@conference.anoxinon.me (English and German)
  • xmpp:#openwrt#matrix.org@matrix.org (The above Matrix room)

Please direct general inquiries (NOT support) to contact@openwrt.org to open a confidential discussion with the project developers.

The contact@openwrt.org mail box is not always well monitored. In case you do not get an answer or it is important please use our public mailing list openwrt-adm@lists.openwrt.org.

This contact address is primarily intended to find a suitable mode of cooperation and to inquire about project matters without having to disclose your corporate identity upfront.

Please see the OpenWrt/LEDE Project Rules for further information.

Actual development should happen in public and corporations are strongly encouraged to send their contributions through the public mailing lists or in the form of GitHub pull requests.