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FRRouting
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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](https://github.com/FRRouting/frr/releases).

For Debian and its derivatives, use the APT repository at
[https://deb.frrouting.org/](https://deb.frrouting.org/).

Instructions on building and installing from source for supported platforms may
be found in the
[developer docs](http://docs.frrouting.org/projects/dev-guide/en/latest/building.html).

Once installed, please refer to the [user guide](http://docs.frrouting.org/)
for instructions on use.

Community
---------

The FRRouting email list server is located
[here](https://lists.frrouting.org/listinfo) 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](https://frrouting.slack.com). You can join
by clicking the "Slack" link under the
[Participate](https://frrouting.org/#participate) section of our website.


Contributing
------------

FRR maintains [developer's documentation](http://docs.frrouting.org/projects/dev-guide/en/latest/index.html)
which contains the [project workflow](http://docs.frrouting.org/projects/dev-guide/en/latest/workflow.html)
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
```