Armbian is a computing build framework that allows users to create system images with configurations for various

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s (SBCs). Armbian's objective is to unify the experience across

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single-board computers, while maintaining performance with hardware-specific optimizations. Armbian comes in two distinct versions: one

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-based, the other is based on a lightweight

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version.

Releases

Version table with releases.

Supported hardware

Armbian supports a plethora of single-board computers. As of January 2024, it supports at least 164 different ones.

References

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