r/PFSENSE is a subreddit with 153k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses pfsense, firewall, routing, vpn, and dns, and they frequently recommend/review processor, vpn solution, and siem.
The pfSense® project is a powerful open source firewall and routing platform based on FreeBSD. Developed and maintained by Netgate®.
Popular Themes in r/PFSENSE
#1
Solution Requests
: "unstable connection pfSense GW"
11 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Can't get port forward to work and I feel dumb."
2 posts
#3
Advice Requests
: "Best VPN Services in 2026?"
2 posts
#4
Ideas
: "I built a tool that automatically finds gaps in pfBlockerNG blocklists"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/PFSENSE
#1
Pfsense
54 posts
#2
Firewall
29 posts
#3
Routing
27 posts
#4
Vpn
24 posts
#5
Dns
17 posts
#6
Ipv6
17 posts
#7
Nat
13 posts
#8
Ipsec
9 posts
#9
Tailscale
4 posts
#10
Openvpn
3 posts
Products Discussed in r/PFSENSE
Processor
9 reviews
#1
Intel
4.3★ from 4 reviews
#2
Qotom
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
HP
5.0★ from 1 review
Vpn Solution
6 reviews
#1
Twingate
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
That One Privacy Site
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
AirVPN
5.0★ from 1 review
Siem
5 reviews
#1
Splunk
5.0★ from 3 reviews
#2
Wazuh
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Graylog
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/PFSENSE
#1
RESOLVED
: "New GUI & Virtual Machines?"
5 posts
#2
Announcement
: "Julioliraup/Antiphishing Suricata ruleset added upstream — pfSense guide available"
3 posts
Member Growth in r/PFSENSE
Yearly
+23k members(18.0%)
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Last updated: August 13, 2026