FriendlyARM NanoPi R2S OpenWrt Firmware

CPU: Rockchip RK3328
RAM: 1024 MB
Flash: microSDHC

The FriendlyARM NanoPi R2S is supported by OpenWrt on the rockchip/armv8 target. 2 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

CPU	Rockchip RK3328
CPU cores	4
CPU frequency	1300 MHz
RAM	1024 MB
Flash	microSDHC
1 Gbit Ethernet ports	2
WLAN hardware	none
Switch	Realtek RTL8211E Phy, Realtek RTL8153B

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

Build matrix

Supported firmware versions

Distribution	Version	Target	Profile
OpenWrt	25.12.5	rockchip/armv8	friendlyarm_nanopi-r2s

Downloads

Download images

OpenWrt 25.12.5 · rockchip/armv8

Image	Type	sha256
openwrt-25.12.5-rockchip-armv8-friendlyarm_nanopi-r2s-squashfs-sysupgrade.img.gz Not sure? Pick this if upgrading from OpenWrt.	sysupgrade	d3eb81ee1916…
openwrt-25.12.5-rockchip-armv8-friendlyarm_nanopi-r2s-ext4-sysupgrade.img.gz Not sure? Pick this if upgrading from OpenWrt.	sysupgrade	4af302b26f6b…

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 R2S ships these packages by default. The customize option below lets you add or remove packages before the image is assembled.

Device packages (1)

kmod-usb-net-rtl8152

Target default packages (29)

apk-mbedtls base-files ca-bundle dnsmasq dropbear e2fsprogs firewall4 fstools kmod-gpio-button-hotplug 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

Already running OpenWrt or ImmortalWrt: flash the sysupgrade image from LuCI (System → Backup / Flash Firmware) or with the sysupgrade command.

Verify your download against the published checksum before flashing:

$ sha256sum openwrt-25.12.5-rockchip-armv8-friendlyarm_nanopi-r2s-squashfs-sysupgrade.img.gz
d3eb81ee191695dd3b5583f2f16037cd6af58f44b978aa382cf7ba1b61a3c9ea  openwrt-25.12.5-rockchip-armv8-friendlyarm_nanopi-r2s-squashfs-sysupgrade.img.gz

Build custom firmware

Need more than the default image for the FriendlyARM NanoPi R2S? 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.