Kali ARM on a Beaglebone Black

BeagleBone Black



The Beaglebone Black is a low end, low cost ARM computer. Despite its less-than-stellar specifications, its affordability makes it an excellent option for a tiny Linux system.

Stock Kali on Beaglebone Black – Easy Version


If all you want to do is to install Kali on your Beaglebone Black, follow these instructions:

  1. Get a nice fast 8 GB (or more) SD card. Class 10 cards are highly recommended.

  2. Download the Kali Linux Beaglebone Black image from our downloads area.

  3. Use the dd utility to image this file to your SD card. In our example, we assume the storage device is located at /dev/sdb. Change this as needed.


Alert! This process will wipe out your SD card. If you choose the wrong storage device, you may wipe out your computers hard disk.


root@kali:~ dd if=kali-bbb.img of=/dev/sdb bs=512k


This process can take a while depending on your USB storage device speed and image size. Once the dd operation is complete, boot up your Beaglebone Black with the SD card plugged in. You will be able to log in to Kali (root / toor) and startx. That’s it, you’re done!

Kali on Beaglebone Black – Long Version


If you are a developer and want to tinker with the Kali Beaglebone Black image, including changing the kernel configuration and generally being adventurous, check out the kali-arm-build-scripts repository on github, and follow the README.md file’s instructions. The script to use is bbb.sh


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