# OpenJooki: replacing the Jooki 2 software and recovery path

> OpenJooki replaces the Jooki 2 music speaker's embedded Linux core and provides phone-based control, updates and SD-card recovery. Its technical notes map the device's Ingenic Linux and ESP32 split, storage partitions, Mender update slots and recovery behavior, while the repository contains the replacement Lua services and installer tooling.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Firmware
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-06
- Original resource: <https://github.com/Guillain-RDCDE/OpenJooki>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Guillain-RDCDE/OpenJooki/blob/8d302eb5011cd24219f0130b5786c6545989f9fb/docs/04-architecture.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/openjooki-jooki2-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/openjooki-jooki2-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/openjooki-jooki2-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A Jooki 2 device is the target hardware.
- **Scope:** The replacement system is installed on the device's SD-card based embedded Linux environment.
- **License:** MIT license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Guillain-RDCDE/OpenJooki/blob/8d302eb5011cd24219f0130b5786c6545989f9fb/docs/04-architecture.md>
2. <https://github.com/Guillain-RDCDE/OpenJooki/blob/8d302eb5011cd24219f0130b5786c6545989f9fb/README.md>

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