Deploy a new firewall
Verify the installer ISO, install on amd64 hardware or a VM, assign interfaces, and secure the initial account. Follow the installation path →
FreeSense Documentation
One open firewall platform. Installer media, official cloud disks, verifiable releases, and documentation that follows the product.
Stable 1.0.5 is the supported production documentation. Use the version menu for the experimental 1.1 Development line.
Start with an outcome
Section titled “Start with an outcome”Launch a cloud appliance
Choose a UFS or ZFS disk, import QCOW2 or raw GPT, and provision networking and SSH keys from metadata. Follow the cloud-image path →
Understand a release
Learn how source, ports, the OS definition, and FreeBSD are sealed into one verifiable build set. Read the release model →
Extend the platform
Browse the focused package catalog, including Suricata 8, CrowdSec, ZeroTier, FRR, HAProxy, monitoring, and automation. Explore packages →
Navigate the platform
Section titled “Navigate the platform”FreeSense is not just a renamed firewall image. The current line introduces a smaller, explicit package contract; Bootstrap 5 package interfaces; split System and optional-package builds; atomic Suricata configuration; and CI checks that connect package metadata to the actual build list.
Base OSFirewalling, routing, interfaces, integrated services, built-in VPN, and the WebUI reference.Explore Base OS →
Optional PackagesPackages grouped by job, with installation, lifecycle, operating notes, and package-specific profiles.Explore packages →
Operate with confidenceUpdates, observability, diagnostics, recovery, and release provenance for the installed system.Operate FreeSense →
Core reading
Section titled “Core reading”IntroductionProject scope, independence, licensing, and architecture.
First bootInterfaces, WebUI access, and initial security setup.
Cloud imagesUFS and ZFS choices, safe networking, metadata, and platform import examples.
Updates & channelsSupported Stable, experimental Development, and the one-way upgrade boundary.
Download centerLive images, hashes, and provenance.
Documentation editions
Section titled “Documentation editions”Stable 1.0.5You are here: supported production guidance and immutable tagged patch releases.
Development 1.1Experimental, unsupported guidance for contributors and disposable labs.