Radius

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Radius

https://www.gnu.org/software/radius/
Remote authentication and accounting system.

Radius is a server for remote user authentication and accounting. Its primary use is for Internet Service Providers, though it may as well be used on any network that needs a centralized authentication and/or accounting service for its workstations. The package includes an authentication and accounting server and administrator tools.

This is a GNU package:radius

Download

https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/radius/radius-1.7.tar.gz

version 1.7 (stable)
released on 11 December 2025

VCS Checkout

git clone https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/radius.git

Categories

• Interface:command-line
• Program-build-automation:make-related
• Programming-language:C
• Programming-language:lisp
• Programming-language:scheme
• Runs-on:GNU/Linux
• Runs-on:BSD
• Security:system
• System-administration:remote-administration
• Use:security
• Use:system-administration

Licensing

License

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Notes

License

GPLv3orlater

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Genium

Verified on

11 January 2026

Notes

https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/radius.git/tree/radiusd/radius.c

Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)	Role
Sergey Poznyakoff	Maintainer

Resources and communication

Audience	Resource type	URI
	Download	https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/radius/
	Mailing List	https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/radius-i18n/
	General	https://translationproject.org/domain/radius.html
	Mailing List	https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnu-radius/
Wikidata	General	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137756020
	Mailing List	https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnu-radius/
Savannah	Developer	https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/radius/
	Mailing List	https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/radius-espanol/
	Mailing List	https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/radius-commit/
	Download	https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/radius/
Savannah	VCS Repository Webview	https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/radius.git
Savannah	VCS Repository Webview	https://gitweb.git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=radius.git
	Mailing List	https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-radius/

Software prerequisites

Kind	Description
Weak prerequisite	Guile 1.6.4

This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 11 January 2026.

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https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10838

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