No official support (CSC)
- works: serial console, 8 cores, USB, SATA, HDMI, DRM video driver
- A83T chip isn’t SATA capable and therefore the SATA port is provided by a (very) slow GL830 USB-to-SATA-bridge
- https://forum.armbian.com/topic/474-banana-pi-m3/
While we try best possible to test provided images flaws can happen. If you experience issues please report those. Until we're able to fix latest builds stick to older images from our archive.
Specifications
1000tx 1wire 2GB 32bit 8 core CAN UASP battery bluetooth docker eMMC i2c sata spi wifi wireguard Allwinner A83T
* Specifications differ from hardware revision, model and software support level
FAQs
Make sure you have a good & reliable boot media (SD card / USB key) and a proper power supply. Archives can be flashed with Etcher (all OS) directly.
Insert the SD card into the slot, connect a cable to your network if possible or a display and power your board. (First) boot (with DHCP) takes a bit longer.

We provide a selection of images that fits hardware best. If you need different image - use build framework and make whatever you need. Build framework relies on Debian and Ubuntu packages - you can build any combination - stable, old stable or rolling release.
Armbian images and kernels can be made from scratch. Supported environment for build framework is any any X64 based Linux distribution. You can re-make live bootable image or just a kernel+dtb(hardware configuration) package which you transfer to your image and install with:
dpkg -i linux-image-[branch]-family.deb linux-dtb-[branch]-family.deb
. In that process you can enforce many customisation. Rolling weekly releases
User space | Kernel | Integrity | Size | Release date | ||||||
Lunar CLI | rolling | 6.1.8 | SHA | ASC | 415M | Jan 29, 2023 | ||||
Lunar minimal | rolling | 6.1.8 | SHA | ASC | 371M | Jan 29, 2023 | ||||
Lunar XFCE desktop | rolling | 6.1.8 | SHA | ASC | 1223M | Jan 29, 2023 | ||||
Sid CLI | rolling | 6.1.8 | SHA | ASC | 491M | Jan 30, 2023 | ||||
Sid minimal | rolling | 6.1.8 | SHA | ASC | 388M | Jan 29, 2023 | ||||
Sid XFCE desktop | rolling | 6.1.8 | SHA | ASC | 1197M | Jan 29, 2023 |
- Debian testing or Arch - Manjaro support quality level
- Untested automated builds for power users that are able to fix problems on their own
- Images are receiving updates when master branch changes