Cubietech Cubieboard OpenWrt Firmware
The Cubietech Cubieboard is supported by OpenWrt on the sunxi/cortexa8 target. 3 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 | sunxi/cortexa8 | cubietech_a10-cubieboard |
Downloads
Download images
OpenWrt 25.12.5 · sunxi/cortexa8
| Image | Type | sha256 |
|---|---|---|
| openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa8-cubietech_a10-cubieboard-squashfs-sdcard.img.gz Disk image to write onto an SD card. | sdcard | dd3e32f2be6c… |
| openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa8-cubietech_a10-cubieboard-ext4-sdcard.img.gz Disk image to write onto an SD card. | sdcard | aa19bdb48e29… |
| openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa8-cubietech_a10-cubieboard-initramfs-kernel.bin Minimal kernel image, useful for first install or recovery. | kernel | 8bf34602a528… |
Downloads are served by the official OpenWrt mirrors — unchanged upstream stable builds.
Packages & install
Default packages & installation
Default packages
Every image for the Cubietech Cubieboard ships these packages by default. The customize option below lets you add or remove packages before the image is assembled.
Device packages (3)
kmod-ata-sunxi kmod-sun4i-emac kmod-rtc-sunxi
Target default packages (28)
apk-mbedtls base-files ca-bundle dnsmasq dropbear e2fsprogs firewall4 fstools kmod-nft-offload libc libgcc libustream-mbedtls logd mkf2fs mtd netifd nftables odhcp6c odhcpd-ipv6only partx-utils ppp ppp-mod-pppoe procd-ujail uboot-envtools uci uclient-fetch urandom-seed urngd
Installation notes
- 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-sunxi-cortexa8-cubietech_a10-cubieboard-squashfs-sdcard.img.gz dd3e32f2be6cdeca14922db7b2a8701e86011de0e117bacd605e14a66db52f48 openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa8-cubietech_a10-cubieboard-squashfs-sdcard.img.gz
Build custom firmware
Need more than the default image for the Cubietech Cubieboard? 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 deviceRelated
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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.