Cubietech Cubieboard2 OpenWrt Firmware
The Cubietech Cubieboard2 is supported by OpenWrt on the sunxi/cortexa7 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/cortexa7 | cubietech_cubieboard2 |
Downloads
Download images
OpenWrt 25.12.5 · sunxi/cortexa7
| Image | Type | sha256 |
|---|---|---|
| openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa7-cubietech_cubieboard2-initramfs-kernel.bin Minimal kernel image, useful for first install or recovery. | kernel | f61b35a0bd44… |
| openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa7-cubietech_cubieboard2-ext4-sdcard.img.gz Disk image to write onto an SD card. | sdcard | f889d38590d3… |
| openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa7-cubietech_cubieboard2-squashfs-sdcard.img.gz Disk image to write onto an SD card. | sdcard | b3e8b8a7e9c2… |
Downloads are served by the official OpenWrt mirrors — unchanged upstream stable builds.
Packages & install
Default packages & installation
Default packages
Every image for the Cubietech Cubieboard2 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-cortexa7-cubietech_cubieboard2-initramfs-kernel.bin f61b35a0bd4457b3fce77def6e73e7d4992ae03e334f7c1136e3604744d10aeb openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa7-cubietech_cubieboard2-initramfs-kernel.bin
Build custom firmware
Need more than the default image for the Cubietech Cubieboard2? 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.