GL.iNet GL-MV1000 OpenWrt Firmware

Name: GL.iNet GL-MV1000
Brand: GL.iNet

The GL.iNet GL-MV1000 is supported by OpenWrt on the mvebu/cortexa53 target. 4 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	mvebu/cortexa53	glinet_gl-mv1000

Downloads

Download images

OpenWrt 25.12.5 · mvebu/cortexa53

Image	Type	sha256
openwrt-25.12.5-mvebu-cortexa53-glinet_gl-mv1000-squashfs-sdcard.img.gz Disk image to write onto an SD card.	sdcard	eb31c331afc6…
openwrt-25.12.5-mvebu-cortexa53-glinet_gl-mv1000-targz-rootfs.tar.gz Rootfs archive for Docker / LXC containers.	rootfs	4264489e4a54…
openwrt-25.12.5-mvebu-cortexa53-glinet_gl-mv1000-initramfs-kernel.bin Minimal kernel image, useful for first install or recovery.	kernel	498643bd9655…
openwrt-25.12.5-mvebu-cortexa53-glinet_gl-mv1000-ext4-sdcard.img.gz Disk image to write onto an SD card.	sdcard	82f0b569bd43…

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

Packages & install

Default packages & installation

Default packages

Every image for the GL.iNet GL-MV1000 ships these packages by default. The customize option below lets you add or remove packages before the image is assembled.

Device packages (1)

kmod-dsa-mv88e6xxx

Target default packages (30)

apk-mbedtls base-files ca-bundle dnsmasq dropbear e2fsprogs ethtool 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

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-mvebu-cortexa53-glinet_gl-mv1000-squashfs-sdcard.img.gz
eb31c331afc62e1a08fe2f080d4c2b51e4b20f5a89d9b30fb2f61634dc85fb6a  openwrt-25.12.5-mvebu-cortexa53-glinet_gl-mv1000-squashfs-sdcard.img.gz

Build custom firmware

Need more than the default image for the GL.iNet GL-MV1000? 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.