Contact

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

There are many ways to get in touch with other OpenWrt enthusiasts and developers.

Web forum

The OpenWrt Forum is the place for web-based community communication:

• Release and security announcements
• Installing and using OpenWrt
• Hardware questions and recommendations
• For developers
• Documentation discussion
• Community builds, projects & packages
• Feature requests
• Site feedback and other questions

Important changes and announcements

Important changes such as new releases or critical security fixes can be received via several channels:

• openwrt-announce mailing list — releases and security announcements
• Security advisories (RSS)
• Forum announcements category (RSS / JSON)

Mailing lists

Communication happens on several public mailing lists:

1. openwrt-devel — patch submissions and general development discussion
2. openwrt-adm — project administration
3. openwrt-announce — release and security announcements
4. openwrt-bugs — bug tracking notifications
5. lede-commits — commits to openwrt/openwrt.git and web.git

IRC channels

Three IRC channels are hosted on OFTC:

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

See the IRC contact page for further details.

Bugs

See Reporting bugs.

Support

See Getting support.

Unofficial channels

These are not actively monitored by OpenWrt developers:

• Reddit
• Matrix room for English community discussions (contact @bkil for inquiries)
• XMPP:
  • openwrt@conference.anoxinon.me (English and German)
  • openwrt@conference.movim.eu (bridged to the English Matrix room above)
• IRC bridges of the English Matrix room:
  • Libera ##openwrt
  • OFTC ##openwrt

Corporate inquiries

Direct general inquiries (not support requests) to contact@openwrt.org to open a confidential discussion with the project developers.

The contact@openwrt.org mailbox is not always well monitored. If you do not get an answer, or the matter is important, use the public mailing list openwrt-adm@lists.openwrt.org instead.

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.

See the project rules for further information. Actual development should happen in public, and corporations are strongly encouraged to send contributions through the public mailing lists or as GitHub pull requests.