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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 currently does not have a standard ISO image like with x86_64 and aarch64. However, minimal root filesystems and U-Boot images are available here.

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.

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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 currently does not have a standard ISO image like with x86_64 and aarch64.
+However, minimal root filesystems and [https://u-boot.org/ U-Boot] images are available [https://alpinelinux.org/downloads/ here].
+== 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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