RIPE Atlas v5 OpenWrt Firmware

The RIPE Atlas v5 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

DistributionVersionTargetProfile
OpenWrt25.12.5mvebu/cortexa53ripe_atlas-v5

Downloads

Download images

OpenWrt 25.12.5 · mvebu/cortexa53

ImageTypesha256
openwrt-25.12.5-mvebu-cortexa53-ripe_atlas-v5-squashfs-sdcard.img.gz

Disk image to write onto an SD card.

sdcard3d3a4a628f3c
openwrt-25.12.5-mvebu-cortexa53-ripe_atlas-v5-targz-rootfs.tar.gz

Rootfs archive for Docker / LXC containers.

rootfs7066ba695281
openwrt-25.12.5-mvebu-cortexa53-ripe_atlas-v5-initramfs-kernel.bin

Minimal kernel image, useful for first install or recovery.

kernel57bf613c4c87
openwrt-25.12.5-mvebu-cortexa53-ripe_atlas-v5-ext4-sdcard.img.gz

Disk image to write onto an SD card.

sdcard5c25904dda86

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

Packages & install

Default packages & installation

Default packages

Every image for the RIPE Atlas v5 ships these packages by default. The customize option below lets you add or remove packages before the image is assembled.

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-ripe_atlas-v5-squashfs-sdcard.img.gz
    3d3a4a628f3c333ebb63e0506d43b719efa46b6a9fb34538822edc2139283937  openwrt-25.12.5-mvebu-cortexa53-ripe_atlas-v5-squashfs-sdcard.img.gz

Build custom firmware

Need more than the default image for the RIPE Atlas v5? 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