Xunlong Orange Pi Zero 2 OpenWrt Firmware

CPU
Allwinner H616
RAM
1024 MB
Flash
2, microSDHC MB

The Xunlong Orange Pi Zero 2 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.

Specs

Specifications

CPUAllwinner H616
CPU cores4
CPU frequency1500 MHz
RAM1024 MB
Flash2, microSDHC MB
1 Gbit Ethernet ports1
WLAN hardwareAllwinner AW859A

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

Build matrix

Supported firmware versions

DistributionVersionTargetProfile
OpenWrt25.12.5sunxi/cortexa53xunlong_orangepi-zero2

Downloads

Download images

OpenWrt 25.12.5 · sunxi/cortexa53

ImageTypesha256
openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa53-xunlong_orangepi-zero2-initramfs-kernel.bin

Minimal kernel image, useful for first install or recovery.

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openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa53-xunlong_orangepi-zero2-squashfs-sdcard.img.gz

Disk image to write onto an SD card.

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openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa53-xunlong_orangepi-zero2-ext4-sdcard.img.gz

Disk image to write onto an SD card.

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

Packages & install

Default packages & installation

Default packages

Every image for the Xunlong Orange Pi Zero 2 ships these packages by default. The customize option below lets you add or remove packages before the image is assembled.

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-xunlong_orangepi-zero2-initramfs-kernel.bin
    e2e714ddcad9f8a298923c21e1b65f430b189d613d70fdb57ed62b8f1aad5cef  openwrt-25.12.5-sunxi-cortexa53-xunlong_orangepi-zero2-initramfs-kernel.bin

Build custom firmware

Need more than the default image for the Xunlong Orange Pi Zero 2? 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