{ "name": "OpenThread Border Router", "slug": "openthread-br", "categories": [ 17 ], "date_created": "2026-03-30", "type": "ct", "updateable": true, "privileged": false, "interface_port": 80, "documentation": "https://openthread.io/guides/border-router", "website": "https://openthread.io/", "logo": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/selfhst/icons@main/webp/openthread.webp", "config_path": "/etc/default/otbr-agent", "description": "OpenThread Border Router (OTBR) connects a Thread network to other IP-based networks such as Wi-Fi or Ethernet, providing bidirectional connectivity, mDNS/SRP service discovery, NAT64, and external Thread commissioning.", "install_methods": [ { "type": "default", "script": "ct/openthread-br.sh", "resources": { "cpu": 2, "ram": 2048, "hdd": 4, "os": "Debian", "version": "13" } } ], "default_credentials": { "username": null, "password": null }, "notes": [ { "text": "Requires a Thread Radio Co-Processor (RCP) USB device passed through to the LXC container (e.g. /dev/ttyACM0). Edit /etc/default/otbr-agent to configure the RCP device path.", "type": "warning" }, { "text": "This container runs in privileged mode for network administration (iptables, ipset, tun device access).", "type": "info" }, { "text": "Services are not started automatically on first boot. Connect your RCP device, configure /etc/default/otbr-agent, then run: systemctl start otbr-agent && systemctl start otbr-web", "type": "info" } ] }