Software · Media players & centers
UPnP Router Control
A simple program that manages UPnP compliant routers.
- Completely free
- Linux
- Open source
Overview
Features described in its Flathub listing and on its official website: casting to other devices (Chromecast, DLNA…).
Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.
Excerpts that establish this information
- “A simple program that manages UPnP compliant routers” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
At a glance
UPnP Router Control is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.
Its licence (GPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.
Strengths
- Open source code
- Commercial use allowed
About
A GTK application to access some parameters of the router like: the network speed, the external IP and the model name. It can manage port forwarding through a simple GUI interface. UPnP Router Control uses the Internet Gateway Device Protocol v1, so UPnP it must be enabled on your router in order to use its functions.
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)
Sources and checks
- Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
- Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
- Last technical check: 7 November 2026
- Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)
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