/r/PFSENSE/

r/PFSENSE

153k members
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