2 <img src="http://docs.frrouting.org/en/latest/_static/frr-icon.svg" alt="Icon" width="20%"/>
8 FRR is free software that implements and manages various IPv4 and IPv6 routing
9 protocols. It runs on nearly all distributions of Linux and BSD as well as
10 Solaris and supports all modern CPU architectures.
12 FRR currently supports the following protocols:
34 For source tarballs, see the
35 [releases page](https://github.com/FRRouting/frr/releases).
37 For Debian and its derivatives, use the APT repository at
38 [https://deb.frrouting.org/](https://deb.frrouting.org/).
40 Instructions on building and installing from source for supported platforms may
42 [developer docs](http://docs.frrouting.org/projects/dev-guide/en/latest/building.html).
44 Once installed, please refer to the [user guide](http://docs.frrouting.org/)
45 for instructions on use.
50 The FRRouting email list server is located
51 [here](https://lists.frrouting.org/listinfo) and offers the following public
55 |-------------------|------------------------------|
56 | Development | dev@lists.frrouting.org |
57 | Users & Operators | frog@lists.frrouting.org |
58 | Announcements | announce@lists.frrouting.org |
60 For chat, we currently use [Slack](https://frrouting.slack.com). You can join
61 by clicking the "Slack" link under the
62 [Participate](https://frrouting.org/#participate) section of our website.
68 FRR maintains [developer's documentation](http://docs.frrouting.org/projects/dev-guide/en/latest/index.html)
69 which contains the [project workflow](http://docs.frrouting.org/projects/dev-guide/en/latest/workflow.html)
70 and expectations for contributors. Some technical documentation on project
71 internals is also available.
73 We welcome and appreciate all contributions, no matter how small!
79 To report security issues, please use our security mailing list:
82 security [at] lists.frrouting.org