Welcome to the LEDE Project¶
The LEDE Project (“Linux Embedded Development Environment”) is a Linux operating system based on OpenWrt. It is a complete replacement for the vendor-supplied firmware of a wide range of wireless routers and non-network devices. See the Table of Hardware for supported devices. For more information about LEDE Project organization, see the About LEDE page.
Why use LEDE?¶
People install LEDE because they believe it works better than the stock firmware from their vendor. They find it is more stable, offers more features, is more secure and has better support.
- Extensibility: LEDE provides many capabilities found only in high-end devices. Its 3000+ application packages are standardized, so you can easily replicate the same setup on any supported device, including two (or even five) year old routers. More about extensibility.
- Security: LEDE’s standard installation is secure by default, with Wi-Fi disabled, no poor passwords or backdoors. LEDE’s software components are kept up-to-date, so vulnerabilities get closed shortly after they are discovered. More about security.
- Performance and Stability: LEDE firmware is made of standardized modules used in all supported devices. This means each module will likely receive more testing and bug fixing than stock firmware which can be tweaked for each product line and never touched again. More about performance and stability.
- Strong Community Support: LEDE team members are regular participants on the LEDE Forum, LEDE Developer and LEDE Admin mailing lists, and LEDE’s IRC channels. You can interact directly with developers, volunteers managing the software modules and with other long-time LEDE users, drastically increasing the chances you will solve the issue at hand. More about community.
- Research: Many teams use LEDE as a platform for their research into network performance. This means that the improvements of their successful experiments will be available in LEDE first, well before it gets incorporated into mainline, vendor firmware. More about research.
- Open Source/No additional cost: LEDE is provided without any monetary cost. It has been entirely created by a team of volunteers: developers and maintainers, individuals and companies. If you enjoy using LEDE, consider contributing some effort to help us improve it for others! All of the above is possible because LEDE is part of the Open Source community, and powered by Linux kernel. Get the source code.
- And more. See more Reasons to Use LEDE.
Download LEDE¶
LEDE wants you!¶
Like any open source project, LEDE thrives on the efforts of its users and developers.
- If you want to develop the software, please refer to our Developer Guide to learn how to get the source code, build it, and contribute your changes back to the project.
- If you’re not a developer, you can still help. The documentation can always be improved (even if it’s to verify that the instructions match your experience), or you can help other community members with questions. Don’t hesitate to Register yourself in the wiki, or join our mailing list and IRC channels to get in touch.
Contents¶
Lede documentation is organised in a set of guides, a table of supported hardware, and package reference.
Endorsements¶
The *Wrt community is made up of many great communities all tinkering on their own mission in improving something on this planet. The Following communities have kindly decided to endorse this project. Thanks !
 | qMp endorses the LEDE project |
 | “We wish huge success to the LEDE project” |
 | Weimarnetz Project Homepage |
 | “We … will consider it the new default OS environment for embedded devices running bmx6 and bmx7” |
 | “We endorse the LEDE project and we plan to start basing Libre-Mesh releases on Linux Embedded Development Environment” |
 | “We deeply appreciate the efforts of the LEDE project …” |
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Lede linux embedded development environment
The LEDE project is founded as a spin-off of the OpenWrt project and shares many of the same goals. We are building an embedded Linux distribution that makes it easy for developers, system administrators or other Linux enthusiasts to build and customize software for embedded devices, especially wireless routers. The name LEDE stands for Linux Embedded Development Environment.
Members of the project already include a significant share of the most active members of the OpenWrt community. We intend to bring new life to Embedded Linux development by creating a community with a strong focus on transparency, collaboration and decentralisation.
- Building a great embedded Linux distribution with focus on stability and functionality.
- Having regular, predictable release cycles coupled with community provided device testing feedback.
- Establishing transparent decision processes with broad community participation and public meetings.
We decided to create this new project because of long standing issues that we were unable to fix from within the OpenWrt project/community:
- Number of active core developers at an all time low, no process for getting more new people involved.
- Unreliable infrastructure, fixes prevented by internal disagreements and single points of failure.
- Lack of communication, transparency and coordination in the OpenWrt project, both inside the core team and between the core team and the rest of the community.
- Not enough people with commit access to handle the incoming flow of patches, too little attention to testing and regular builds.
- Lack of focus on stability and documentation.
To address these issues we set up the LEDE project in a different way compared to OpenWrt:
- All our communication channels are public, some read-only to non-members to maintain a good signal-to-noise ratio.
- Our decision making process is more open, with an approximate 50/50 mix of developers and power users with voting rights.
- Our infrastructure is simplified a lot, to ensure that it creates less maintenance work for us.
- We have made our merge policy more liberal, based on our experience with the OpenWrt package github feed.
- We have a strong focus on automated testing combined with a simplified release process.
Endorsement
The *Wrt community is made up of many great communities all tinkering on their own mission in improving something on this planet. The Following communities have kindly decided to endorse this project. Thanks !
- qMp endorses the LEDE project
About the LEDE project¶
The LEDE project is founded as a spin-off of the OpenWrt project and shares many of the same goals. We are building an embedded Linux distribution that makes it easy for developers, system administrators or other Linux enthusiasts to build and customize software for embedded devices, especially wireless routers. The name LEDE stands for Linux Embedded Development Environment.
Members of the project already include a significant share of the most active members of the OpenWrt community. We intend to bring new life to Embedded Linux development by creating a community with a strong focus on transparency, collaboration and decentralisation.
- Build a great embedded Linux distribution with focus on stability and functionality.
- Make regular, predictable release cycles coupled with community provided device testing feedback.
- Establish transparent decision processes with broad community participation and public meetings.
We decided to create this new project because of long standing issues that we were unable to fix from within the OpenWrt project/community:
- Number of active core developers at an all time low, no process for getting more new people involved.
- Unreliable infrastructure, fixes prevented by internal disagreements and single points of failure.
- Lack of communication, transparency and coordination in the OpenWrt project, both inside the core team and between the core team and the rest of the community.
- Not enough people with commit access to handle the incoming flow of patches, too little attention to testing and regular builds.
- Lack of focus on stability and documentation.
To address these issues we set up the LEDE project in a different way compared to OpenWrt:
- All our communication channels are public, some read-only to non-members to maintain a good signal-to-noise ratio.
- Our decision making process is more open, with an approximate 50/50 mix of developers and power users with voting rights.
- Our infrastructure is simplified a lot, to ensure that it creates less maintenance work for us.
- We have made our merge policy more liberal, based on our experience with the OpenWrt package github feed.
- We have a strong focus on automated testing combined with a simplified release process.
Name¶
The name LEDE is an abbreviation for Linux Embedded Development Environment, a reference to its flexibility and embedded buildroot origins, making it a solid choice for embedded Linux applications far beyond the wireless router and network appliance realm.
Project Meetings¶
We attempt to have regular IRC meetings to discuss and decide project matters.
Next Meeting¶
The next meeting date is yet to be decided.
For the agenda of the upcoming meeting refer to the agenda pad.
Meeting Logs¶
All meeting logs can be viewed here.
People¶
Here you can find an alphabetically ordered list of the current people involved in the development of the LEDE Project:
| Developers | Nickname |
|---|---|
| Alexander Couzens | lynxis |
| Álvaro Fernández Rojas | noltari |
| Daniel Golle | dangole |
| Felix Fietkau | nbd |
| Florian Fainelli | [florian] |
| Hans Dedecker | dedeckeh |
| Hauke Mehrtens | hauke |
| Imre Kaloz | kaloz |
| Jo-Philipp Wich | jow |
| John Crispin | blogic |
| Jonas Gorski | jogo |
| Luka Perkov | luka |
| Mathias Kresin | mkresin |
| Matthias Schiffer | neoraider |
| Mirko Vogt | mirko |
| Piotr Dymacz | pepe2k |
| Rafał Miłecki | rmilecki |
| Steven Barth | cyrus |
| Stijn Tintel | stintel |
| Ted Hess | thess |
| Yousong Zhou | yousong |
| Zoltan Herpai | wigyori |
And in charge of the documentation:
| Wiki Documentation | Nickname |
|---|---|
| Thomas Endt | tmomas |
| Rich Brown | richb-hanover |
| Alberto Bursi | bobafetthotmail |
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