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Endian Firewall Community
Endian Firewall Community · Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy · founded 2003
What it is
Endian Firewall Community is a free, open-source Linux firewall for home networks, small networks, home labs, and learning environments. It provides stateful protection for network resources, with rules that can apply in both directions. SSL and IPsec VPN support remote access and connections between locations. Email security targets spam, phishing, and other malicious email, while antivirus covers web and email traffic. Its intrusion prevention system analyzes traffic flows for internal and external threats. Multi-WAN can provide failover or simultaneous connections, and quality of service can prioritize traffic such as VoIP, web, and email. Reporting includes real-time and historical network traffic reports, as well as daily, weekly, and monthly web usage reports. The Community Edition uses an open-source GPL license. Listed limits include 1.8 million URLs for web filtering, one anti-spam engine, and one antivirus engine. Application control, advanced content security, high availability, and centralized management are unavailable in this edition.
For and against
For
- Free and open-source under a GPL license.
- Supports SSL and IPsec VPN.
- Includes multi-WAN and traffic prioritization.
- Provides real-time and historical traffic reports.
Against
- Professional support is not included.
- Application control is unavailable.
- Centralized management is unavailable.
- Web filtering is listed at 1.8 million URLs.
The verdict
Endian Firewall Community combines firewall, VPN, traffic management, and reporting functions for smaller environments. Consider its feature exclusions and lack of professional support before choosing it.
Who it suits
It suits people setting up protection for home or small networks, home labs, or learning and testing environments. It may also fit users comfortable relying on community resources rather than professional support.
Plans and prices
Endian Firewall Community
Open-source Linux firewall · no professional support · some reference-manual features unavailable in the Community Version
Read 7 Oct 2026 · endian.com
On the record
- Antivirus
- The Community Edition antivirus covers web and email traffic.endian.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Application rules
- Noendian.com · read 22 Sep 2026
- Central management
- Noendian.com · read 22 Sep 2026
- Email security
- Its email security feature is described as protecting against spam, phishing, and other malicious email.endian.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Feature limits
- The comparison lists 1.8 million URLs for Community web filtering, a single anti-spam engine, and a single antivirus engine.endian.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Firewall
- It provides stateful firewall protection for network resources.endian.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Installation image
- The Endian Community 3.3.25 image supports both UEFI and legacy boot options.endian.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Endian describes the Community Firewall as intended for home networks, small networks, home labs, and learning, testing, and protection environments.endian.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Intrusion prevention
- Its IPS analyzes traffic flows to protect against internal and external threats.endian.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- License
- The comparison page identifies the Community Edition as using an open-source GPL license.endian.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Outbound control
- advancedendian.com · read 22 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- Endian Community Firewall is a free, open-source Linux firewall designed for home networks, small networks, home labs, and learning environments.endian.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Reporting
- Built-in reporting includes real-time and historical network traffic reports and daily, weekly, and monthly web usage reports.endian.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Rule direction
- bothendian.com · read 22 Sep 2026
- Support
- Community users do not receive professional support and are directed to documentation, bug-tracker information, mailing lists, and user forums.endian.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Unavailable features
- The comparison marks application control, advanced content security, high availability, and centralized management as unavailable in the Community Edition.endian.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- VPN
- It supports SSL and IPsec VPN for remote access and connections between locations.endian.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- WAN and traffic management
- Multi-WAN supports failover or simultaneous connections, and QoS can prioritize traffic such as VoIP, web, and email.endian.com · read 7 Oct 2026
