FriendlyARM Nanopi R1S H5 OpenWrt Firmware

CPU
Allwinner H5
RAM
512 MB
Flash
microSDXC

The FriendlyARM Nanopi R1S H5 is supported by OpenWrt on the sunxi/cortexa53 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 H5
CPU cores4
CPU frequency1250 MHz
RAM512 MB
FlashmicroSDXC
1 Gbit Ethernet ports2

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

Build matrix

Supported firmware versions

DistributionVersionTargetProfile
OpenWrt25.12.5sunxi/cortexa53friendlyarm_nanopi-r1s-h5

Downloads

Download images

OpenWrt 25.12.5 · sunxi/cortexa53

ImageTypesha256
openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa53-friendlyarm_nanopi-r1s-h5-ext4-sdcard.img.gz

Disk image to write onto an SD card.

sdcard13664dfd99bb
openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa53-friendlyarm_nanopi-r1s-h5-initramfs-kernel.bin

Minimal kernel image, useful for first install or recovery.

kernelae1b8251f3bf
openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa53-friendlyarm_nanopi-r1s-h5-squashfs-sdcard.img.gz

Disk image to write onto an SD card.

sdcard6c803b45cd30

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 R1S H5 ships these packages by default. The customize option below lets you add or remove packages before the image is assembled.

Device packages (2)

kmod-gpio-button-hotplug kmod-usb-net-rtl8152

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-cortexa53-friendlyarm_nanopi-r1s-h5-ext4-sdcard.img.gz
    13664dfd99bbc1c2bef917cfdcbb74228bedd2eba999ba6d5e388a082cdf617f  openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa53-friendlyarm_nanopi-r1s-h5-ext4-sdcard.img.gz

Build custom firmware

Need more than the default image for the FriendlyARM Nanopi R1S H5? 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