FRRouting
FRR is free software that implements and manages various IPv4 and IPv6 routing
protocols. It runs on nearly all distributions of Linux and BSD as well as
Solaris and supports all modern CPU architectures.
FRR currently supports the following protocols:
- BGP
- OSPFv2
- OSPFv3
- RIPv1
- RIPv2
- RIPng
- IS-IS
- PIM-SM/MSDP
- LDP
- BFD
- Babel
- PBR
- OpenFabric
- VRRP
- EIGRP (alpha)
- NHRP (alpha)
Installation & Use
For source tarballs, see the
releases page.
For Debian and its derivatives, use the APT repository at
https://deb.frrouting.org/.
Instructions on building and installing from source for supported platforms may
be found in the
developer docs.
Once installed, please refer to the user guide
for instructions on use.
Community
The FRRouting email list server is located
here and offers the following public
lists:, Topic, List, -------------------, ------------------------------, Development, dev@lists.frrouting.org, Users & Operators, frog@lists.frrouting.org, Announcements, announce@lists.frrouting.org, For chat, we currently use Slack. You can join
by clicking the "Slack" link under the
Participate section of our website.
Contributing
FRR maintains developer's documentation
which contains the project workflow
and expectations for contributors. Some technical documentation on project
internals is also available.
We welcome and appreciate all contributions, no matter how small!
Security
To report security issues, please use our security mailing list:
security [at] lists.frrouting.org