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How the Armbian mirror system works

The Armbian mirror system distributes files efficiently, routing each user to the best available server by geographic proximity and server health. Pick a nearby mirror from the list below, or read on for how the system works. Want to host a mirror? See Run a mirror.

Current Mirrors

Site Flag Packages Images Archive Rsync
Atomo Networks Italy ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Auroradev Chicago United States ✅ ✅
Auroradev Las Vegas United States ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Nardol France ✅ ✅
Systemonachip Austria ✅ ✅ ✅
SBC mirror Australia Australia ✅ ✅ ✅
Distrohub Ukraine ✅ ✅ ✅
SBC mirror Spain Spain ✅ ✅ ✅
Hetzner Germany Germany ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Imola Slovenia ✅ ✅
Kspace Estonia Estonia ✅ ✅ ✅
Albony Cloudflare anycast ✅
Macarne LLC Netherlands ✅ ✅ ✅
OSS Planet Finland Taiwan ✅
Hostiko Ukraine ✅ ✅
ISCAS China ✅ ✅
OSS Planet Taipei Taiwan ✅
SJTU China ✅
Digital Streaming Co. Taiwan ✅ ✅
VineHost.NET United Kingdom ✅ ✅
Yandex Russia ✅ ✅
marcusn.net United Kingdom ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Alibaba Mirrors China ✅ ✅
BFSU China ✅ ✅
c0urier.net Denmark ✅ ✅ ✅
CSTCloud China ✅ ✅
dotsrc.org Denmark ✅ ✅
Jevin Canders LLC United States ✅ ✅
Lahansons United States ✅ ✅
Nanjing University China ✅ ✅
Qilu University of Technology China ✅
Shandong University China ✅
Shanghai Tech University China ✅ ✅
SUSTech China ✅
Tsinghua University China ✅ ✅
USTC China ✅ ✅
Zhejiang University China ✅
Netcup Germany Germany ✅ ✅
Netcup Germany Germany ✅
Netcup Germany Germany ✅ ✅
SBC mirror Poland Poland ✅ ✅
SBC mirror Sweden Sweden ✅ ✅
SBC mirror Singapore Singapore ✅ ✅
JetHome Russia ✅ ✅ ✅
Xogium France ✅ ✅ ✅

How it works

Armbian mirror system

  1. Request — a user starts a download (image, package, …) from a standard URL such as https://dl.armbian.com.
  2. Routing — the redirector picks the best mirror based on the user’s location, each mirror’s status and load, and whether it holds the requested file.
  3. Redirect — the user is sent straight to the chosen mirror.
  4. Download — the file is served directly from that mirror, keeping downloads fast and taking load off the core infrastructure.

The result is load balancing across many servers, faster downloads from a nearby mirror, and redundancy — if a mirror is unavailable, the redirector automatically routes around it.

Host a mirror

Want to help serve Armbian’s downloads? See Run a mirror for the requirements, the rsync sync commands and how to register your server.