I-IPFire ingumthombo ovulekile wokusabalalisa we-Linux osebenza ngokuyinhloko njengerutha kanye ne-firewall; isistimu ye-firewall ezimele enekhonsoli yokuphatha esekwe kuwebhu ukuze icushwe. I-IPFire ekuqaleni yaqala njengemfoloko ye-IPCop futhi ibhalwe kabusha ngesisekelo se-Linux From Scratch kusukela kunguqulo 2. Isekela ukufakwa kwezengezo ukuze kwengeze izinsizakalo zeseva, ezinganwetshwa kuseva ye-SOHO. Ngo-Ephreli 2015, iphrojekthi yaba yilungu le-Open Invention Network.