Bananapi BPi-R4 OpenWrt Firmware

Name: Bananapi BPi-R4
Brand: Bananapi

The Bananapi BPi-R4 is supported by OpenWrt on the mediatek/filogic target. 8 firmware images are available from the official OpenWrt 25.12.5 stable release — download one below, or build a custom OpenWrt image for this device with your own package selection.

Build matrix

Supported firmware versions

Distribution	Version	Target	Profile
OpenWrt	25.12.5	mediatek/filogic	bananapi_bpi-r4

Downloads

Download images

OpenWrt 25.12.5 · mediatek/filogic

Image	Type	sha256
openwrt-25.12.5-mediatek-filogic-bananapi_bpi-r4-sdcard.img.gz Disk image to write onto an SD card.	sdcard.img.gz	fcda5fbaeb95…
openwrt-25.12.5-mediatek-filogic-bananapi_bpi-r4-initramfs-recovery.itb Minimal kernel image, useful for first install or recovery.	kernel	bc274cf808cd…
openwrt-25.12.5-mediatek-filogic-bananapi_bpi-r4-snand-bl31-uboot.fip	snand-bl31-uboot.fip	8608ec281ac9…
openwrt-25.12.5-mediatek-filogic-bananapi_bpi-r4-emmc-bl31-uboot.fip	emmc-bl31-uboot.fip	5e6ac975b10f…
openwrt-25.12.5-mediatek-filogic-bananapi_bpi-r4-emmc-gpt.bin	emmc-gpt.bin	6decc5e0ac9e…
openwrt-25.12.5-mediatek-filogic-bananapi_bpi-r4-squashfs-sysupgrade.itb Not sure? Pick this if upgrading from OpenWrt.	sysupgrade	2eeba283ddda…
openwrt-25.12.5-mediatek-filogic-bananapi_bpi-r4-snand-preloader.bin	snand-preloader.bin	f65ad54134ae…
openwrt-25.12.5-mediatek-filogic-bananapi_bpi-r4-emmc-preloader.bin	emmc-preloader.bin	fd9a4c0db75e…

Downloads are served by the official OpenWrt mirrors — unchanged upstream stable builds.

Packages & install

Default packages & installation

Default packages

Every image for the Bananapi BPi-R4 ships these packages by default. The customize option below lets you add or remove packages before the image is assembled.

Device packages (13)

kmod-hwmon-pwmfan kmod-i2c-mux-pca954x kmod-eeprom-at24 kmod-mt7996-firmware kmod-mt7996-233-firmware kmod-rtc-pcf8563 kmod-sfp kmod-phy-aquantia kmod-usb3 e2fsprogs f2fsck mkf2fs mt7988-wo-firmware

Target default packages (30)

apk-mbedtls base-files ca-bundle dnsmasq dropbear firewall4 fitblk fstools kmod-crypto-hw-safexcel kmod-gpio-button-hotplug kmod-leds-gpio kmod-nft-offload libc libgcc libustream-mbedtls logd mtd netifd nftables odhcp6c odhcpd-ipv6only ppp ppp-mod-pppoe procd-ujail uboot-envtools uci uclient-fetch urandom-seed urngd wpad-basic-mbedtls

Installation notes

Already running OpenWrt or ImmortalWrt: flash the sysupgrade image from LuCI (System → Backup / Flash Firmware) or with the sysupgrade command.
The kernel / initramfs image boots from RAM without writing to flash — useful for a first install or for recovering from a failed flash.

Verify your download against the published checksum before flashing:

$ sha256sum openwrt-25.12.5-mediatek-filogic-bananapi_bpi-r4-sdcard.img.gz
fcda5fbaeb957d70be026a1d83d7035a3e5351c81226d18041d19910efa92096  openwrt-25.12.5-mediatek-filogic-bananapi_bpi-r4-sdcard.img.gz

Build custom firmware

Need more than the default image for the Bananapi BPi-R4? Pick your packages — LuCI apps, themes, VPN clients — set the basics, and get a ready-to-flash OpenWrt image assembled from official packages in minutes.

Customize firmware for this device

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Upstream

Upstream & source

Images are assembled from packages compiled and published by the upstream OpenWrt and ImmortalWrt projects. The complete corresponding source code is available from those projects under the GPL.