Bananapi BPi-R4 Lite OpenWrt Firmware

Name: Bananapi BPi-R4 Lite
Brand: Bananapi

The Bananapi BPi-R4 Lite is supported by OpenWrt on the mediatek/filogic target. 9 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-lite

Downloads

Download images

OpenWrt 25.12.5 · mediatek/filogic

Image	Type	sha256
openwrt-25.12.5-mediatek-filogic-bananapi_bpi-r4-lite-squashfs-sysupgrade.itb Not sure? Pick this if upgrading from OpenWrt.	sysupgrade	284bce4c35d7…
openwrt-25.12.5-mediatek-filogic-bananapi_bpi-r4-lite-emmc-preloader.bin	emmc-preloader.bin	fd2c61c94bae…
openwrt-25.12.5-mediatek-filogic-bananapi_bpi-r4-lite-snand-bl31-uboot.fip	snand-bl31-uboot.fip	b61d1fb7faec…
openwrt-25.12.5-mediatek-filogic-bananapi_bpi-r4-lite-nor-preloader.bin	nor-preloader.bin	8d3712f3f1d6…
openwrt-25.12.5-mediatek-filogic-bananapi_bpi-r4-lite-emmc-bl31-uboot.fip	emmc-bl31-uboot.fip	79d5b87410f3…
openwrt-25.12.5-mediatek-filogic-bananapi_bpi-r4-lite-initramfs-recovery.itb Minimal kernel image, useful for first install or recovery.	kernel	73cab52f34c9…
openwrt-25.12.5-mediatek-filogic-bananapi_bpi-r4-lite-snand-preloader.bin	snand-preloader.bin	795af1b86958…
openwrt-25.12.5-mediatek-filogic-bananapi_bpi-r4-lite-nor-bl31-uboot.fip	nor-bl31-uboot.fip	10deff7ffc5a…
openwrt-25.12.5-mediatek-filogic-bananapi_bpi-r4-lite-sdcard.img.gz Disk image to write onto an SD card.	sdcard.img.gz	4c82ef2a3c44…

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 Lite ships these packages by default. The customize option below lets you add or remove packages before the image is assembled.

Device packages (9)

kmod-eeprom-at24 kmod-gpio-pca953x kmod-i2c-mux-pca954x kmod-rtc-pcf8563 kmod-sfp kmod-usb3 e2fsprogs mkf2fs mt7987-2p5g-phy-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-lite-squashfs-sysupgrade.itb
284bce4c35d72fa3f4ed130a06bb297fa743aedbee6eb87f64aea434401b92c8  openwrt-25.12.5-mediatek-filogic-bananapi_bpi-r4-lite-squashfs-sysupgrade.itb

Build custom firmware

Need more than the default image for the Bananapi BPi-R4 Lite? 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.