i just install OpenWrt 24 and i can not belive how big packages became like almost all of them became up to 20! times biger than in version 21 ? Why is that so ?

Please use forum search... this question has been asked many times in the past.

i really did ,no results i even serch in google and AI said it is all because of luci interface but i dont belive it is all becous of luci inteface

What search term should the OP use?

i understand that fimware became bigger it is normal like because oif new kernel new drivers luci became a litle bit heavier but like other pakeges they became like 20 times biger that is what i dont understad

I must apologize -- after I made my comment, I did try to search for the relevant posts and I couldn't find the right search terms... it is, apparently, hard to find some/most of the threads that would address the question. And... since the question really is about the packages and not as much the…

Here are some older posts that touch on the topic. You may find these of interest. [image] Image size creep For Developers Yes, wireguard is quite a bit more efficient but it does have some downsides depending on your setup. The only "issue" I know of is that…

I would suggest to raise concrete examples for your perceived 20-times package size increase. Just as a first approximation, the default firmware images are made up from a few dozen of installed packages, while those have certainly grown between 24.10.x and 25.12, their size increase is much more g…

Here 500 examples for your enjoyment Strange library sizes (multiples of ~64 kB)

I'm aware of that, and so far that appears to be uninvestigated - however, that doesn't necessarily mean image size (runtime installed packages on the overlay are more likely to be) is affected, given the compression factor of these.

Compression is not factored in in pre-install checks. Less packages for users....

Why packages became so huge since version 24

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g6094199 February 24, 2026, 10:03am 16

this should be the explanation for the problem: