FriendlyARM NanoPi M1 Plus OpenWrt Firmware

CPU
Allwinner H3
RAM
1024 MB
Flash
eMMC

The FriendlyARM NanoPi M1 Plus 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.

Specs

Specifications

CPUAllwinner H3
CPU cores4
CPU frequency1200 MHz
RAM1024 MB
FlasheMMC
1 Gbit Ethernet ports1
WLAN hardwareAMPAK AP6212A (Broadcom BCM43430)

Hardware data from the OpenWrt Table of Hardware; verify against your unit before flashing.

Build matrix

Supported firmware versions

DistributionVersionTargetProfile
OpenWrt25.12.5sunxi/cortexa7friendlyarm_nanopi-m1-plus

Downloads

Download images

OpenWrt 25.12.5 · sunxi/cortexa7

ImageTypesha256
openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa7-friendlyarm_nanopi-m1-plus-ext4-sdcard.img.gz

Disk image to write onto an SD card.

sdcard68fb0f5c0efd
openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa7-friendlyarm_nanopi-m1-plus-squashfs-sdcard.img.gz

Disk image to write onto an SD card.

sdcardeb3839e84ed1
openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa7-friendlyarm_nanopi-m1-plus-initramfs-kernel.bin

Minimal kernel image, useful for first install or recovery.

kerneldc7ebdec4567

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

Packages & install

Default packages & installation

Default packages

Every image for the FriendlyARM NanoPi M1 Plus ships these packages by default. The customize option below lets you add or remove packages before the image is assembled.

Device packages (4)

kmod-leds-gpio kmod-brcmfmac cypress-firmware-43430-sdio wpad-basic-mbedtls

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-friendlyarm_nanopi-m1-plus-ext4-sdcard.img.gz
    68fb0f5c0efdb08b449890b5f57cafbfe7034bc346957790017934c823ed7133  openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa7-friendlyarm_nanopi-m1-plus-ext4-sdcard.img.gz

Build custom firmware

Need more than the default image for the FriendlyARM NanoPi M1 Plus? 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