Kobol Helios4 OpenWrt Firmware

CPU
Marvell Armada 388 88F6828
RAM
2048 MB
Flash
4, microSDXC MB

The Kobol Helios4 is supported by OpenWrt on the mvebu/cortexa9 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

CPUMarvell Armada 388 88F6828
CPU cores2
CPU frequency1600 MHz
RAM2048 MB
Flash4, microSDXC MB
1 Gbit Ethernet ports1

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

Build matrix

Supported firmware versions

DistributionVersionTargetProfile
OpenWrt25.12.5mvebu/cortexa9kobol_helios4

Downloads

Download images

OpenWrt 25.12.5 · mvebu/cortexa9

ImageTypesha256
openwrt-25.12.5-mvebu-cortexa9-kobol_helios4-initramfs-kernel.bin

Minimal kernel image, useful for first install or recovery.

kernel03d2d634e703
openwrt-25.12.5-mvebu-cortexa9-kobol_helios4-squashfs-sdcard.img.gz

Disk image to write onto an SD card.

sdcarde9317ccc117f
openwrt-25.12.5-mvebu-cortexa9-kobol_helios4-targz-rootfs.tar.gz

Rootfs archive for Docker / LXC containers.

rootfs162e2f8c9113

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

Packages & install

Default packages & installation

Default packages

Every image for the Kobol Helios4 ships these packages by default. The customize option below lets you add or remove packages before the image is assembled.

Device packages (3)

mkf2fs e2fsprogs partx-utils

Target default packages (26)

apk-mbedtls base-files ca-bundle dnsmasq dropbear firewall4 fstools kmod-gpio-button-hotplug kmod-nft-offload libc libgcc libustream-mbedtls logd mtd netifd nftables odhcp6c odhcpd-ipv6only 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-cortexa9-kobol_helios4-initramfs-kernel.bin
    03d2d634e703bd3439fc9bf4e3c81903d2777d06c5ad727e9f1f3bd1a7c61db0  openwrt-25.12.5-mvebu-cortexa9-kobol_helios4-initramfs-kernel.bin

Build custom firmware

Need more than the default image for the Kobol Helios4? 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

Related

Related devices

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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.