IPFire o se faʻamaʻa matala faʻasalalau faʻasalalauga Linux lea e faʻatinoina muamua o se alalaupapa ma se pa puipui; se faiga fa'amalama tuto'atasi ma se fa'amafanafanaga fa'atautaia i luga o le upega tafa'ilagi mo le fa'atulagaina. O le IPFire na amata muamua o se tui o le IPCop ma ua toe tusia i luga o le Linux From Scratch talu mai le version 2. E lagolagoina le faʻapipiʻiina o faʻaopoopoga e faʻaopoopo ai auaunaga a le server, lea e mafai ona faʻalauteleina i totonu o le SOHO server. Ia Aperila 2015, na avea ai le poloketi ma sui o le Open Invention Network.