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Awesome RK3588
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Curated Rockchip RK3588 / RK3588S / RK3588J ecosystem resource navigation: development boards, communities, system images, mainline kernel, NPU/AI, multimedia, UEFI, and toolchains.
RK3588 is Rockchip’s flagship 8K SoC: 4x Cortex-A76 + 4x Cortex-A55 (big.LITTLE), Mali-G610 MP4 GPU, 6 TOPS NPU, supporting 8K@60fps decoding. Unlike the Raspberry Pi with its single forum, it has a decentralized ecosystem of “multiple board communities + one big Armbian circle.” This list centralizes these entry points.
One-line guide: For daily development, check the vendor forums; for system/kernel, check Armbian; for resource indexing, check Awesome RK3588.
Table of Contents
- Official Resources
- Development Boards & Vendors
- Communities & Forums
- Operating Systems & Images
- Kernel & Mainline Development
- NPU & AI Deployment
- Large Language Models
- Multimedia & Video Codecs
- GPU & Graphics
- UEFI & Windows on ARM
- Flashing & Development Tools
- Projects & Examples
- Documentation & Learning Resources
- Contributing
Official Resources
- Rockchip Official Website (https://www.rock-chips.com/) - Chip specifications, datasheets, official announcements
- rockchip-linux (GitHub) (https://github.com/rockchip-linux) - Official kernel, u-boot, MPP, buildroot, etc.
- airockchip (GitHub) (https://github.com/airockchip) - Official NPU/AI-related repository collection
- RK3588 Brief Datasheet (PDF) (https://www.rock-chips.com/uploads/pdf/2022.8.26/191/RK3588%20Brief%20Datasheet.pdf) - Official specification document
- Rockchip SDK Resource Download Site (https://console.zbox.filez.com/l/I00fc3) - SDK downloads (access code
rknn)
Development Boards & Vendors
| Vendor | Representative Boards | Forum / Documentation |
|---|---|---|
| Firefly | ITX-3588J, ROC-RK3588S-PC | Forum (https://forum.t-firefly.com/) · Wiki (https://wiki.t-firefly.com/) |
| Orange Pi | Orange Pi 5 / 5 Plus / 5 Pro | Official Site (http://www.orangepi.org/) · Forum (http://www.orangepi.org/orangepibbsen/) |
| Radxa | ROCK 5A / 5B / 5T | Official Site (https://radxa.com/products/rock5) · Documentation (https://docs.radxa.com/rock5) |
| EMMCube LubanCat | LubanCat 4 / 5 | Documentation (https://doc.embedfire.com/) · Community (https://forums.embedfire.com/c/lubancat/21) |
| ALIENTEK | ATK-DLRK3588 | Openedv (https://www.openedv.com/) |
| iTOP | iTOP-RK3588 | Official Site (https://www.topeet.com/) · Forum (http://bbs.topeetboard.com/) |
| ArmSoM | Sige5 / AIM7 | Official Site (https://www.armsom.org/) |
| Neardi | LPA3588 | Official Site (https://www.neardi.com/) |
| Banana Pi | BPI-M7 | Official Site (https://www.banana-pi.org/) |
| FriendlyElec | NanoPC-T6 | Official Site (https://www.friendlyelec.com/) |
| Pine64 | QuartzPro64 | Official Site (https://www.pine64.org/) |
When choosing a board, prioritize its official forum over general communities for quicker access to usable images and patches.
Communities & Forums
Domestic (China)
- Elecfans · Rockchip Developer Community (https://bbs.elecfans.com/forum.php?mod=forumdisplay&fid=1179) - Resource posts, schematics, SDKs, Android/Linux switching; focused on the original vendor ecosystem and solution providers; highest discussion frequency
- Firefly Official Forum (https://forum.t-firefly.com/) - Support for Firefly boards, fast responses
- Radxa Chinese Community (https://forum.radxa.com/) - ROCK 5 series
- EMMCube LubanCat Community (https://forums.embedfire.com/c/lubancat/21) - Most user-friendly Chinese documentation
- ALIENTEK Openedv (https://www.openedv.com/) - Tutorials + QQ groups (common RK3588 group numbers:
775783660,966712463) - iTOP Forum (http://bbs.topeetboard.com/) - iTOP-3588 support
- Zhihu / Bilibili - Good for experience posts, troubleshooting, system installation, running RKNN/RKLLM, but not ideal for asking specific driver questions
International
- Armbian Forum (https://forum.armbian.com/) - Mainline/near-mainline Linux, images, kernels, NICs, HDMI, NPU compatibility is most concentrated; many ROCK 5 / Orange Pi 5 users
- Radxa Forum (https://forum.radxa.com/) - Large ROCK 5B/5T user base; concentrated discussions on PCIe, NVMe, 2.5G NIC issues
- Collabora Blog (https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/) - RK3588 upstream progress (HDMI, VPU, ISP, GPU Panthor)
- LKML (Linux Kernel Mailing List) (https://lore.kernel.org/linux-rockchip/) - linux-rockchip mailing list; track mainline driver progress
- GitHub Discussions / Issues (https://github.com/) -
edk2-rk3588, various board kernel/Debian/Android repositories; very active
Instant Messaging
- Telegram
UEFIonRockchip(https://t.me/UEFIonRockchip) - UEFI / Windows installation / EDK2 tinkering - Discord - Windows on ARM / UEFI on Rockchip related servers
Community Quick Reference
| What You Want to Do | Where to Go |
|---|---|
| Buy a board, flash official images, ask about interfaces | Corresponding vendor forum |
| Flash Armbian / mainline kernel | Armbian + Radxa |
| RKNN, cameras, encoding | Vendor forums + Elecfans |
| Run LLMs / open-source images | GitHub Issues + Armbian |
| Install Windows | edk2-rk3588 + Discord/Telegram |
| Follow mainline driver progress | Collabora blog + LKML |
Operating Systems & Images
- Armbian (https://www.armbian.com/) - Officially supports RK3588, near-mainline kernel
- Ubuntu Rockchip (Joshua-Riek) (https://github.com/Joshua-Riek/ubuntu-rockchip) - Ubuntu 22.04/24.04 LTS; historically significant, maintenance status has changed considerably
- DietPi (https://dietpi.com/) - Lightweight Debian derivative
- Buildroot (rockchip-linux) (https://github.com/rockchip-linux/buildroot) - Minimal embedded system
- NixOS RK3588 (https://github.com/ryan4yin/nixos-rk3588) - NixOS for Orange Pi 5 / ROCK 5A
- Arch Linux ARM (https://archlinuxarm.org/) - General-purpose ARM distribution
- OpenWrt (https://openwrt.org/) - Soft router / gateway
- Batocera (https://batocera.org/) - Retro gaming system, supports RK3588
- Android (AOSP) (https://source.android.com/) - Vendor Android 12/13/14 BSPs
Kernel & Mainline Development
- rockchip-linux/kernel (https://github.com/rockchip-linux/kernel) - Official BSP kernel (includes NPU/VPU drivers)
- linux-rockchip (https://github.com/armbian/linux-rockchip) - Armbian-maintained near-mainline kernel
- torvalds/linux (https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/) - Mainline kernel;
arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/ - Collabora: RK3588 mainline status (https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/) - Mainline progress on HDMI RX/TX, VPU, ISP, DP, etc.
- Panthor (Mali Gen10 GPU driver) (https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa) - Open-source driver for Mali-G610
- U-Boot (rockchip) (https://github.com/rockchip-linux/u-boot) - Official bootloader
NPU & AI Deployment
- RKNN-Toolkit2 (https://github.com/airockchip/rknn-toolkit2) - Model conversion and quantization (PC)
- RKNN-Toolkit-Lite2 (https://github.com/airockchip/rknn-toolkit2/tree/master/rknn-toolkit-lite2) - On-device Python API
- RKNPU2 (https://github.com/rockchip-linux/rknpu2) - NPU runtime library and C/C++ API
- RKNN Model Zoo (https://github.com/airockchip/rknn_model_zoo) - Official collection of 30+ model examples (YOLO, SAM, Whisper, CLIP, etc.)
- RKNN-Toolkit2 Docker (https://github.com/airockchip/rknn-toolkit2/tree/master/docker) - Pre-configured conversion environment
- RKNPU2 API Reference (PDF) (https://github.com/rockchip-linux/rknpu2/blob/master/doc/Rockchip_RKNPU_User_Guide_RKNN_API_V2.0.0.pdf) - Official API manual
- View NPU load:
cat /sys/kernel/debug/rknpu/load
Large Language Models
- RKLLM (rknn-llm) (https://github.com/airockchip/rknn-llm) - Official LLM deployment stack; supports Qwen, TinyLlama, Phi, ChatGLM, etc.
- RKLLM Examples (https://github.com/airockchip/rknn-llm/tree/main/examples) - On-device chatbot examples
- rkllama (https://github.com/NotPunchnox/rkllama) - RK3588 local inference service compatible with Ollama API
Multimedia & Video Codecs
- MPP (Media Process Platform) (https://github.com/rockchip-linux/mpp) - Hardware encode/decode base library
- ffmpeg-rockchip (https://github.com/nyanmisaka/ffmpeg-rockchip) - FFmpeg hardware-accelerated fork
- gstreamer-rockchip (https://github.com/rockchip-linux/gstreamer-rockchip) - GStreamer plugins
- librga (https://github.com/airockchip/librga) - 2D graphics/image acceleration
- rga (rockchip-linux) (https://github.com/rockchip-linux/linux-rga) - RGA kernel driver
- rkmpi (https://github.com/rockchip-linux/rkmpi) - Video capture/encoding middleware
GPU & Graphics
- Mesa Panthor (https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa) - Open-source driver for Mali-G610 (Gen10)
- Mali Official Driver (libmali) (https://github.com/rockchip-linux/libmali) - Closed-source blob
- Rockchip Graphics Documentation (https://github.com/rockchip-linux/docs) - DRM / Wayland / X11 explanations
- Rockchip Vulkan/OpenCL Drivers (https://github.com/rockchip-linux/libmali) - Various version blob archives
UEFI & Windows on ARM
- edk2-rk3588 (https://github.com/edk2-porting/edk2-rk3588) - RK3588 UEFI firmware (for Windows installation / multi-system boot)
- Windows on R (https://worproject.com/) - Windows on ARM community; drivers and installation guides
- Windows on R Docs (https://github.com/worproject/Rockchip-Windows-Drivers) - Windows drivers for various boards
- UEFIonRockchip (Telegram) (https://t.me/UEFIonRockchip) - Real-time discussion on Windows installation / EDK2
Flashing & Development Tools
- rkdeveloptool (https://github.com/rockchip-linux/rkdeveloptool) - Linux/macOS command-line flashing
- rkflashtool (https://github.com/linux-rockchip/rkflashtool) - Open-source flashing tool
- RKDevTool (https://github.com/rockchip-linux/rkdeveloptool) - Windows GUI flashing tool (Maskrom mode)
- rkbin (https://github.com/rockchip-linux/rkbin) - Official loader / firmware binaries
- upgrade_tool (https://github.com/rockchip-linux/rkdeveloptool) - Rockchip official upgrade tool
- Maskrom / Loader mode: Enter by holding the
MASKROMkey or shorting the eMMC clock
Projects & Examples
- rknn_model_zoo (https://github.com/airockchip/rknn_model_zoo) - Official model example collection
- yolov8_rknn_Cplusplus (https://github.com/cqu20160901/yolov8_rknn_Cplusplus) - Production-grade YOLOv8 C++ inference
- rknn-multi-threaded (https://github.com/leafqycc/rknn-multi-threaded) - Multi-threaded NPU inference; ~40% performance boost
- yolov5_Deepsort_rknn (https://github.com/Zhou-sx/yolov5_Deepsort_rknn) - Real-time object tracking
- rknpu2 rknn_api_demo (https://github.com/rockchip-linux/rknpu2/tree/master/rknn_api_demo) - Minimal C API example
- nixos-rk3588 (https://github.com/ryan4yin/nixos-rk3588) - NixOS porting project
Documentation & Learning Resources
- RKNN SDK Documentation (https://github.com/airockchip/rknn-toolkit2/tree/master/doc) - Conversion and deployment guides
- Radxa ROCK 5 Documentation (https://docs.radxa.com/rock5) - High-quality English documentation
- LubanCat Manual (https://doc.embedfire.com/linux/rk3588/quick_start/zh/latest/) - Most comprehensive Chinese documentation
- RKNPU2 From Beginner to Advanced (Bilibili) (https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Kj411D78q) - Video tutorial
- Rockchip Linux Documentation Repository (https://github.com/rockchip-linux/docs)
Contributing
PRs adding resources are welcome. Please follow these conventions:
- Resources must be directly related to RK3588 / RK3588S / RK3588J and be accessible
- Each entry should include
[Name](link) - One-sentence description - Prioritize actively maintained projects with practical, usable outputs
- Place under existing categories; new categories can be added if necessary
See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
License
CC0 1.0 - Public domain contribution, free to use.
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