Pine64 Pine64+ OpenWrt Firmware

The Pine64 Pine64+ 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.

Build matrix

Supported firmware versions

DistributionVersionTargetProfile
OpenWrt25.12.5sunxi/cortexa53pine64_pine64-plus

Downloads

Download images

OpenWrt 25.12.5 · sunxi/cortexa53

ImageTypesha256
openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa53-pine64_pine64-plus-ext4-sdcard.img.gz

Disk image to write onto an SD card.

sdcard9f13e3824e23
openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa53-pine64_pine64-plus-squashfs-sdcard.img.gz

Disk image to write onto an SD card.

sdcardd3cc57560f6a
openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa53-pine64_pine64-plus-initramfs-kernel.bin

Minimal kernel image, useful for first install or recovery.

kernel4aa1b0deb095

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

Packages & install

Default packages & installation

Default packages

Every image for the Pine64 Pine64+ ships these packages by default. The customize option below lets you add or remove packages before the image is assembled.

Device packages (2)

kmod-rtl8723bs rtl8723bu-firmware

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-pine64_pine64-plus-ext4-sdcard.img.gz
    9f13e3824e23fdc7545a1e9101b1a99f759d6013be4baadcdc2ed40493a591ce  openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa53-pine64_pine64-plus-ext4-sdcard.img.gz

Build custom firmware

Need more than the default image for the Pine64 Pine64+? 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