openwrt-engarde

OpenWrt package feed for Engarde, a WireGuard redundancy tunnel that duplicates packets across multiple network interfaces to keep a VPN connection alive even when individual links fail.

Packages

• engarde-client — engarde client binary, procd init script, and UCI configuration skeleton
• engarde-server — engarde server binary (depends on engarde-client)
• luci-app-engarde — LuCI web interface for configuring instances and monitoring real-time tunnel status

Supported OpenWrt versions

Pre-built packages are available for the following OpenWrt releases:

OpenWrt	Status	Package format	Architectures
25.12	Current stable	apk	x86_64, aarch64_generic, arm_cortex-a7_neon-vfpv4
24.10	Old stable	ipk (opkg)	x86_64, aarch64_generic, arm_cortex-a7_neon-vfpv4

Packages are rebuilt automatically on every push to main against all supported releases.

Available architectures

Architecture	Devices
x86_64	VMs, x86 mini-PCs
aarch64_generic	Modern ARM routers (RPi 4, NanoPi, etc.)
arm_cortex-a7_neon-vfpv4	Older ARM routers

Install on OpenWrt 25.12 (apk)

SSH into your router and run:

# Add signing key
wget -qO /etc/apk/keys/engarde-apk.pem \
  https://porech.github.io/openwrt-engarde/engarde-apk.pem

# Add feed
ARCH=$(cat /etc/apk/arch)
echo "https://porech.github.io/openwrt-engarde/25.12/${ARCH}/packages.adb" \
  >> /etc/apk/repositories.d/customfeeds.list

# Install
apk update
apk add engarde-client luci-app-engarde

Install on OpenWrt 24.10 (opkg)

# Add signing key
wget -qO /etc/opkg/keys/f59c896b325e81c9 \
  https://porech.github.io/openwrt-engarde/engarde-repo.pub

# Add feed
ARCH=$(. /etc/os-release; echo $OPENWRT_ARCH)
echo "src/gz engarde https://porech.github.io/openwrt-engarde/24.10/${ARCH}" \
  >> /etc/opkg/customfeeds.conf

# Install
opkg update
opkg install engarde-client luci-app-engarde

Open LuCI and navigate to Services → Engarde to configure your instances.

Build from source (OpenWrt SDK)

This feed requires two standard OpenWrt feeds:

• packages — provides the Go toolchain used to compile the engarde binaries
• luci — provides the LuCI framework required by luci-app-engarde

Add the following line to feeds.conf.default in your OpenWrt build tree:

src-git engarde https://github.com/porech/openwrt-engarde.git

Then update and install the feed:

./scripts/feeds update engarde
./scripts/feeds install -a -p engarde

Run make menuconfig and enable the packages you need:

• engarde-client and/or engarde-server: Network → VPN
• luci-app-engarde: LuCI → Applications

Documentation

For engarde configuration and usage, refer to the main project repository: https://github.com/porech/engarde