Pine64 SoPine OpenWrt Firmware

The Pine64 SoPine 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_sopine-baseboard

Downloads

Download images

OpenWrt 25.12.5 · sunxi/cortexa53

ImageTypesha256
openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa53-pine64_sopine-baseboard-ext4-sdcard.img.gz

Disk image to write onto an SD card.

sdcard8e1129d7c0bd
openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa53-pine64_sopine-baseboard-squashfs-sdcard.img.gz

Disk image to write onto an SD card.

sdcard754204c0a3f9
openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa53-pine64_sopine-baseboard-initramfs-kernel.bin

Minimal kernel image, useful for first install or recovery.

kernel3173bb2888ae

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

Packages & install

Default packages & installation

Default packages

Every image for the Pine64 SoPine 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_sopine-baseboard-ext4-sdcard.img.gz
    8e1129d7c0bd68764a2b1d98de856892f546dcaecafa9ca12120b8ad6d8961af  openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa53-pine64_sopine-baseboard-ext4-sdcard.img.gz

Build custom firmware

Need more than the default image for the Pine64 SoPine? 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