{
  "slug": "gargoyle",
  "category": "router-firmware",
  "name": "Gargoyle",
  "description": "Router firmware based on OpenWrt with a web interface focused on ease of use, offering per-device bandwidth monitoring, quotas, quality of service, website blocking and VPN.",
  "website": "https://www.gargoyle-router.com",
  "source": "https://github.com/ericpaulbishop/gargoyle",
  "license": null,
  "platforms": [],
  "jurisdiction": null,
  "pick": false,
  "pick_reason": null,
  "disclosure": null,
  "grade": "D",
  "score": 50,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "Gargoyle scores 50 out of 100 (grade D) on the router firmware criteria. It meets 2 of 4 criteria: open source and no ads or data sales. It does not meet no trackers or telemetry and independent audit.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/router-firmware/gargoyle/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/router-firmware/gargoyle/index.md",
  "answers": {
    "open_source": {
      "title": "Open source",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://github.com/ericpaulbishop/gargoyle/tree/master/LICENSES",
      "note": "GPL-2.0, with some components under LGPL-2.1, MIT and BSD-3-Clause."
    },
    "no_trackers": {
      "title": "No trackers or telemetry",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://www.gargoyle-router.com/donate.php",
      "note": "Pages of the website, such as the donation page, load Google Analytics."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://www.gargoyle-router.com/donate.php",
      "note": "Funded by donations and sales of routers with Gargoyle pre-installed, with no ads."
    },
    "independent_audit": {
      "title": "Independent audit",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No independent audit is published."
    },
    "transparency_report": {
      "title": "Transparency report",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "user_notice": {
      "title": "Tells users about requests",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "tls": {
      "title": "TLS configuration",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "security_headers": {
      "title": "Security headers",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "web_standards": {
      "title": "Modern web standards",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": null,
    "observatory": null,
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": [],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T06:38:31.757Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T06:56:31Z"
}