Top 15 BIRD Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

BIRD is an open source implementation of a TCP/IP routing daemon for Unix like systems. It supports both IPv4 and IPv6, multiple routing tables, and a BGP, RIP and OSPF routing protocols, as well as statically defined routes.

1. wicd

wicd Wicd is an open source wired and wireless network manager for Linux which aims to provide a simple interface to connect to networks with a wide variety of settings.......

2. Libre-Mesh

Libre-Mesh Libre-Mesh is a set of modules extending the OpenWrt router distribution to create self-configuring wireless and wired mesh networks. By default it uses ad-hoc wifi networking and batman-adv, BMX as the routing daemons. You can compile your own flavor of Libre-Mesh and choose the routing daemons and the extensions you......

3. XORP

XORP XORP is an Internet Protocol routing software suite. It provides a fully featured platform that implements IPv4 and IPv6 routing protocols and a unified platform to configure them. It is the only open source platform to offer integrated multicast capability. XORP's modular architecture allows rapid introduction of new protocols, features......

4. Quagga

Quagga Quagga is a network routing software suite providing implementations of Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Routing Information Protocol (RIP), Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) and IS-IS for Unix-like platforms, particularly Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD and NetBSD.......

5. ExaBGP

ExaBGP exabgp - The BGP swiss army knife of networking.Unlike BIRD or Quagga, ExaBGP was not designed to transform a general purpose server into a router, but to allow engineers to control their network easily. Think of it as Software Defined Networking for people with usual BGP routers.ExaBGP transform BGP messages......

6. LEDE - Linux Embedded Development Environment

LEDE - Linux Embedded Development Environment Linux Embedded Development Environment, 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 LEDE project was set up in a different way compared to OpenWrt:1. All our communication channels are public, some......

7. netcat

netcat Netcat is a featured networking utility which reads and writes data across network connections, using the TCP/IP protocol. It is designed to be a reliable "back-end" tool that can be used directly or easily driven by other programs and scripts. At the same time, it is a feature-rich network debugging......

8. MAAS

MAAS MAAS is a physical infrastructure management system, that turns a collection of servers into an on-demand physical cloud. It is an IP address manager, providing DHCP and DNS for IPv4 and IPv6, and a physical provisioner that uses PXE, IPMI or other vendor-specific protocols to provision bare-metal servers dynamically with......

9. SmallRouter

SmallRouter A TCP/IP application that was developed to help you repair any temporary routing difficultiesSmall Router is a TCP/IP application developed to help a user repair any temporary routing difficulties.In the Small Routers main window the user can set up a maximum number of connections. He also can add or change......

10. Klog

Klog KLog is our Win32 implementation of *nix syslog daemon to support remote logging of message from syslog-enabled unix servers, routers and other networked devices and applications.Here is a brief summary of klog features: * Lets you flexibly pick up events to log based on priority/facility and source IP address......

11. iproute2

iproute2 iproute2 is a collection of utilities for controlling TCP and UDP IP networking and traffic control in Linux, in both IPv4 and IPv6 networks.......

12. Quick Config

Quick Config Profile configuration tool for XP and Vista for users, who travel with netbooks from one location to another. Dont waste your time changing network, system, Proxy for the web browser - settings every time you change your location. With Quick Config you can change configuration with one click. 8 languages:......

13. Montastic

Montastic The website monitoring service that doesn't suck. Get an email when your website goes down. Statuses are available by email, web, RSS feeds and widgets.......

14. DD-WRT

DD-WRT DD-WRT is a Linux based alternative OpenSource firmware suitable for a great variety of WLAN routers and embedded systems. The main emphasis lies on providing the easiest possible handling while at the same time supporting a great number of functionalities within the framework of the respective hardware platform used.......

15. EasyTomato

EasyTomato EasyTomato is a powerful, easy-to-use, free bandwidth manager that is perfect for schools, hospitals, and nonprofits with slow internet connections and limited IT knowledge.......