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FRRouting

Free and open source Internet routing protocol suite for Linux and Unix

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FRRouting (FRR) is a free and open source Internet routing protocol suite for Linux and Unix platforms. It implements BGP, OSPF, RIP, IS-IS, PIM, LDP, BFD, Babel, PBR, OpenFabric and VRRP, with alpha support for EIGRP and NHRP. FRR integrates with native Linux/Unix IP networking stacks, making it a general purpose routing stack for use cases including connecting hosts/VMs/containers to the network, advertising network services, LAN switching and routing, Internet access routers, and Internet peering. FRR has its roots in the Quagga project and was started by long-time Quagga developers.

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