OpenWrt is a highly extensible GNU/Linux distribution for embedded devices (typically wireless routers).

Release Released Active Support Security Support Latest
25.12 1 week and 3 days ago
(05 Mar 2026)
Yes Yes 25.12.0
(03 Mar 2026)
24.10 1 year ago
(04 Feb 2025)
Ended 1 week and 3 days ago
(05 Mar 2026)
Ends in 5 months and 3 weeks
(05 Sep 2026)
24.10.5
(18 Dec 2025)
23.05 2 years and 5 months ago
(11 Oct 2023)
Ended 1 year ago
(04 Feb 2025)
Ended 7 months ago
(16 Aug 2025)
23.05.6
(16 Aug 2025)
22.03 3 years and 6 months ago
(03 Sep 2022)
Ended 2 years and 5 months ago
(11 Oct 2023)
Ended 1 year and 11 months ago
(11 Apr 2024)
22.03.7
(23 Jul 2024)
21.02 4 years and 6 months ago
(01 Sep 2021)
Ended 3 years and 6 months ago
(03 Sep 2022)
Ended 2 years and 10 months ago
(30 Apr 2023)
21.02.7
(27 Apr 2023)
19.07 6 years ago
(06 Jan 2020)
Ended 4 years and 6 months ago
(01 Sep 2021)
Ended 3 years and 10 months ago
(30 Apr 2022)
19.07.10
(17 Apr 2022)
18.06 7 years ago
(30 Jul 2018)
Ended 6 years ago
(06 Jan 2020)
Ended 4 years and 8 months ago
(01 Jul 2021)
18.06.9
(17 Nov 2020)
17.01 9 years ago
(20 Feb 2017)
Ended 7 years ago
(30 Jul 2018)
Ended 7 years ago
(01 Feb 2019)
17.01.7
(21 Jun 2019)

The latest major release is fully supported with updates for the core packages, fixing security and other issues. The previous major release only receives security fixes till the End-of-Life date. Each major release becomes EoL 6 months after the release of the next major version, with a minimum of 1 year from its own release.

More information is available on the OpenWrt website.

You should be running one of the supported release numbers listed above in the rightmost column.

cat /etc/os-release


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