OpenWRT Manager vs Bhiu

Take full control of your OpenWrt router — right from your iPhone. OpenWrt Manager is a native iOS app for home network administrators, parents, and power users who want complete visibility and control over every device on their local network. Smart Notifications That Reach You Anywhere • New-device alerts pushed to your iPhone the moment an unknown device joins your network — even when the app is closed • Both the toggle and the on-router agent install are explicit user actions; nothing runs in the background unless you ask • Notifications arrive in your preferred language • Smart de-duplication — the same device never bombards you with duplicates Manage Every Device on Your Network • Real-time list with IP, MAC, hostname, vendor, traffic usage, and connection type (wired/wireless/SSID) • Live "Online for" timer ticking by the second on every connected device • Sort by Name, IP, MAC, or online time — ascending or descending • Group devices into Family, Guest, IoT, Work, or your own custom groups • Static IP leases with optional custom gateway and DNS per device • Nickname any device for friendlier identification Per-Device Traffic Insights • Live download and upload speed for every connected device, shown right on the list under each row and refreshed automatically • Cumulative received / transmitted totals per device, preserved across router reboots when nlbwmon is enabled • Wireless devices additionally show the negotiated link rate alongside their live speed Powerful Access Control • Block — instantly cut off internet and LAN access for any device, one tap • LAN-only mode — allow local-network use while blocking the internet, perfect for IoT devices, kids' tablets, or guests • Custom gateway and DNS are automatically preserved during restrictions and seamlessly restored when lifted • Batch operations across multiple devices Scheduled Automation • Time-based rules to enable LAN-only or block mode on a schedule (e.g., block gaming consoles 9 PM–7 AM on school nights) • Per-device, per-day-of-week control • Rules take effect immediately, no waiting Full Router Dashboard • CPU, memory, storage, uptime, firmware version at a glance • Accurate link-speed detection for physical, bridge, PPPoE, and VLAN interfaces • Real-time and historical bandwidth charts per interface and per device • Per-port status: up/down, speed, traffic counters Network Configuration • WAN / LAN: DHCP, PPPoE, static IP, subnet, gateway, DNS • WiFi: enable/disable radios, change SSID, password, channel, TX power • Port forwarding (DNAT rules) • Firewall reload on demand Router Maintenance & Diagnostics • One-tap reboot, restart network, reload firewall, restart WiFi • Ping, DNS lookup, WAN reachability check, system log viewer Privacy First • Local-first by default — communicates only with your router on your LAN; no account, no signup, no telemetry • No third-party SDKs — no Firebase, no Google services, no analytics, no ad trackers, no crash reporting • Cloud push is optional and minimal — only when you enable it; uploads your APNs token, locale, and new-device events to our own backend (Cloudflare Worker → APNs). No browsing history, no traffic content. Disable any time. • HTTPS supported for the router connection • Full disclosure in our Privacy Policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Bhiu is a calm, independent app for your own OpenWrt router. See your network's pulse at a glance, then act on it — without opening a browser or remembering a single command. Bhiu talks only to the router address you enter, and to nothing else. There is no account, no analytics, and no Igney server in between. PULSE A live traffic wave and one plain sentence telling you how the network is doing. Download and upload as they happen, uptime, memory, WAN address, and the full routing table when you want the detail. DEVICES Everything on your network in one list, with names, addresses, signal strength and how long each has been connected. Tap any device for the full picture — and pause its internet access with one button when you need to. WI-FI Every radio and SSID your router exposes, with the clients on each. Turn a guest network off for the evening and back on in the morning. CONTROL Restart a service, wake a sleeping machine over the network, or reboot the router and watch it come back on its own. BUILT FOR THE JOB - Save more than one router and switch between them from Settings. - Connects over HTTP or HTTPS, with certificate pinning for routers using a self-signed certificate. - Degrades gracefully: router firmwares differ in what they expose, so a feature yours does not offer dims instead of breaking the app. - No third-party frameworks of any kind — Apple's system frameworks only. NO ROUTER HANDY? Tap "Try the demo" on the welcome screen and explore every feature against a fully simulated router: live traffic, the device list, pausing a device, Wi-Fi toggles, service restarts, Wake-on-LAN, and a complete reboot cycle. REQUIREMENTS An OpenWrt router with LuCI installed (ubus and rpcd reachable over HTTP or HTTPS) and its administrator password. Wake-on-LAN additionally needs the etherwake package on the router. Tested against OpenWrt 21.02 — other versions with LuCI installed are expected to work. Bhiu is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the OpenWrt project.