what is the difference between openwrt vs xwrt vs padvan vs lede?
If one router is supported by openwrt, does that mean it will also support xwrt/padvan/lede?
- OpenWrt - this project
- LEDE - circa 2016, the name of the fork or spin-off of the OpenWrt project that existed during version 17 - re-merged back into OpenWrt in January 2018 (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenWrt#LEDE and https://openwrt.org/about#a_reboot_of_the_openwrt_community)
- XWrt and Padvan - not related to OpenWrt
No.
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LEDE is an old fork of OpenWrt, and was merged back to OpenWrt, so now they are one and the same.
Xwrt is a Chinese fork of OpenWrt. If a device is supported by OpenWrt, it will be supported by Xwrt, but not vice-versa.
Pandavan is a Chinese firmware. I do not know if it is based on OpenWrt or not. Seems to be prefered by many due to its easy to use interface.
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Does xwrt provide anything better than openwrt? 
is there any extra packages?
You’ll have to ask that question of the xwrt team/forums and/or look at the features offered by each of them and create a little comparison. This forum doesn’t cover xwrt.
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oh okay got it 