Been running Freshtomato for many years now on my R7000 and the maintainer is still going strong with regular updates. Don't be afraid

Quote from: Blackburd on January 15, 2025, 23:38:03I think you have lept way over line of could vs should. A docker server needs adequate ram and drive space for starters. Then it needs a decent processor.

This router runs OpenWRT, which is just Linux on ARM. Docker on Linux has essentially no overhead, unlike Mac or Windows, which require a virtualization layer. This means your containers use just as much ram or cpu as whatever process they're wrapping. For lightweight services like redis, nginx, dns, heck even a PostgreSQL db for local use, it's totally doable.

I disagree about the value proposition, at $159 in 2025 without even WiFi 6E it's too expensive.

I purchased an open box Belkin RT3200 for $20 which runs the same SoC and is supported by openwrt, normal price is $50 to $65.

It doesn't have the internal eMMC but it has USB which can be used for application storage.

Very unstable WiFi and multiple vlan support made this device useless for me. Spent a week trying to make it work properly before sending it back.

could i possibly use this as my main router and reconfigure my current mesh repeaters to utilize it instead of the current main mesh node?

Looks like a great replacement for my Superhub 4 (SH4 is awful will randomly make the 5Ghz band dissappear after a couple of months and restoring to factory default is only way to get it back).

This is an incredible device, good replacement choice!

I think you have lept way over line of could vs should. A docker server needs adequate ram and drive space for starters. Then it needs a decent processor.