Olimex A13-OLinuXino OpenWrt Firmware

The Olimex A13-OLinuXino is supported by OpenWrt on the sunxi/cortexa8 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.

Build matrix

Supported firmware versions

DistributionVersionTargetProfile
OpenWrt25.12.5sunxi/cortexa8olimex_a13-olinuxino

Downloads

Download images

OpenWrt 25.12.5 · sunxi/cortexa8

ImageTypesha256
openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa8-olimex_a13-olinuxino-ext4-sdcard.img.gz

Disk image to write onto an SD card.

sdcard824d0813b7ee
openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa8-olimex_a13-olinuxino-squashfs-sdcard.img.gz

Disk image to write onto an SD card.

sdcard6425e4cabc69
openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa8-olimex_a13-olinuxino-initramfs-kernel.bin

Minimal kernel image, useful for first install or recovery.

kernela82a8ccf0143

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

Packages & install

Default packages & installation

Default packages

Every image for the Olimex A13-OLinuXino ships these packages by default. The customize option below lets you add or remove packages before the image is assembled.

Device packages (1)

kmod-rtl8192cu

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-cortexa8-olimex_a13-olinuxino-ext4-sdcard.img.gz
    824d0813b7eebce60dd1ca516aab84091aa3852f8f160d244818a6685690ed63  openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa8-olimex_a13-olinuxino-ext4-sdcard.img.gz

Build custom firmware

Need more than the default image for the Olimex A13-OLinuXino? 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