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RISC V's first release into Alpine Linux was in v3.20.
RISC-V is one of the [[architecture]]s that Alpine Linux supports, with the first stable release to support it being 3.20.
 
== Download ==
Alpine's RISC-V port will have a standard ISO image starting with the upcoming version 3.23.[https://irclogs.alpinelinux.org/%23alpine-infra-2025-10.log]
For now, minimal root filesystems and [https://u-boot.org/ U-Boot] images are available [https://alpinelinux.org/downloads/ here].
 
It is worth noting that you can use [[How to make a custom ISO image with mkimage|mkimage]] to build a standard ISO image for riscv64 yourself.[https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/merge_requests/90444]
 
== QEMU ==
* [https://arvanta.net/alpine/install-alpine-riscv64-qemu/ Without U-Boot], x86_64 host
* [https://arvanta.net/alpine/install-alpine-riscv64-qemu-uboot/ With U-Boot]
 
== Contribute ==
* Test out the port and [https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/issues/?label_name%5B%5D=arch%3Ariscv64 report] the bugs you find.
* Write and improve guides about the port.
* Fix [https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports packages] that are buggy or don't work on RISC-V.
''This section is based on [https://irclogs.alpinelinux.org/%23alpine-riscv64-2025-10.log this] [[Alpine Linux:IRC|IRC]] conversation from 2025-10-01.''
 
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RISC-V is one of the architectures that Alpine Linux supports, with the first stable release to support it being 3.20.

Download

Alpine's RISC-V port will have a standard ISO image starting with the upcoming version 3.23.[1] For now, minimal root filesystems and U-Boot images are available here.

It is worth noting that you can use mkimage to build a standard ISO image for riscv64 yourself.[2]

QEMU

Contribute

  • Test out the port and report the bugs you find.
  • Write and improve guides about the port.
  • Fix packages that are buggy or don't work on RISC-V.

This section is based on this IRC conversation from 2025-10-01.