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UniFi hardware is competitively priced. But often times, marketing comes before working hardware
We have UniFi central management in place. It has several problems, but still works
Some projects of ours could one/any of
- Central management and configuration of APs
- Cheaper hardware for AP-only deployment
- Significantly cheaper and cooler running basic routers for residential, with all ports in the rear
  - Side note: the USG4 is WAY TOO LOUD and OBNOXIOUS
- More capable hardware (supporting various OpenWRT features, and fast CPUs on modern routers)
- 12V DC device instead of 24V PoE (with bulky injector or expensive switch) that most UniFi hardware uses
- Integration of common hardware in a system that already has UniFi hardware deployed

Written in C and/or Lua, for small size and portability (Lua is small and commonly on OpenWRT builds)
Emulate USG, USW and UAP on common stock OpenWRT hardware
Configure subsystems to emulate (UAP enabled, USG and USW disabled by default??)
Not tied to specific hardware
Create package for common distributions / milestones / releases or supply custom build of firmware
Create LuCI GUI plugin

For USG emulation, emulate USG3 or USG4 (and assign a LAN port as a WAN port in this case)
For USG emulation, only LAN1 will be supported; use VLANs for separation and set mode on the virtual USW
For USW, first 4 (USG3) or 3 (USG4) ports on a virtual USW8 will reflect OpenWRT hardware
For UAP, we probably won't support features like RF scan; will only support basic radio+SSID configuration
Code will auto-detect platform and load sensible defaults (like USW port assignments, etc)

I have no idea what it would take for OpenWRT to support minRSSI / minimum signal support
- In my case I care about Atheros/Qualcomm targets. Is this possible with stock firmware?

I intend to test this against:

I have in my possession, and might also test this against:

This project is not supported nor condoned by Ubiquiti. In fact, they probably won't like this project :)