Ask HN: Please recommend a router without need for a cloud account

Hi friends,

I'm shopping a router and from what I read in the reviews, ALL mid-end family routers (those between $40 and $100) that I see need a cloud account to access the management page. I'm wondering if there is anything that does not need a cloud account? Thanks~~

how comfortable are you with swapping the firmware out? DD-WRT or Tomato (or any of the other options) should all be local only.

Edgerouter X

I would look for hardware that can run Opnsense or OpenWRT

See e.g. https://old.reddit.com/r/OPNsenseFirewall/comments/lemj0r/ha...

and https://openwrt.org/toh/start

Any system capable of running OpenWRT.

https://openwrt.org/supported_devices

You might find / inquire about specific devices at the OpenWRT subreddit:

https://old.reddit.com/r/openwrt/

The Turris Omnia is priced above your preferred range, but is effectively a small server and has excellent capabilities. It runs a specifically-tuned and live-upgradable version of OpenWRT:

https://www.turris.com/en/omnia/overview/