Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderI'm a staunch defender of OpenWRT. Having used just about every "router distro" folks care to name (remember SmoothWall?) for the last 20~ years, OpenWRT is built like a tank and just keeps trundling along I hope their experiments with the "OpenWRT One" keep going. I'd love to see OpenWRT take a (deserved) bite out of the "SMB firewall vendors" like Netgate or OPNsense. Or just undercutting Wi-Fi vendors like Ubiquiti who base their work on OpenWRT anyway Something I'm…
The open source community is great and companies like Mediatek have open source drivers too. The problem is by the time a router and its drivers gets to a really stable state, its wifi standard has become old or last gen. The RT3200 for example or E8450 is the one that is trending cause its relatively new and fast hardware with most issues solved. But now thats WiFi 6 and not 6E. By the time 6E routers get stable OpenWrt…
Quite a bit of discussion on Sunday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42285689
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 3
- Total points
- 547
- Total comments
- 291
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-10-04 | OpenWrt BarrierBreaker 14.07 is now available | dClauzel | 1 | 0 |
| 2015-09-11 | OpenWRT Chaos Calmer release | treffer | 2 | 0 |
| 2020-12-30 | OpenWRT: A Linux operating system targeting embedded devices | Gedxx | 3 | 0 |
| 2023-06-20 | OpenWrt Project: a Linux operating system targeting embedded devicesFirst breakout | thunderbong | 143 | 63 |
| 2024-12-06 | OpenWrt One router officially launched | throw7 | 127 | 43 |
| 2025-09-08 | OpenWrt: A Linux OS targeting embedded devicesHall induction · Best thread · Latest 20+ point return | pykello | 271 | 185 |