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riscv64 (RISC-V 64-bit) is one of the architectures that Alpine Linux supports. The first stable release was Alpine Linux 3.20. Standard ISO images are available since Alpine Linux 3.23. You can download it from the Alpine Linux downloads page.

RISC-V is an open source instruction set architecture (ISA) that was originally developed at UC Berkeley. It's currently maintained by RISC-V International. Organizations are allowed to implement the RISC-V ISA with their own custom extensions. This results in their being some specificity to each implementation that makes it to market. Below you'll find links to articles which detail how to get Alpine Linux running on your board or VM.

Alpine Linux on Specific RISC-V Implementations

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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 riscv64 (RISC-V 64-bit) is one of the [[architecture|architectures]] that Alpine Linux supports. The first stable release was Alpine Linux 3.20. Standard ISO images are available since Alpine Linux 3.23. You can download it from the [https://alpinelinux.org/downloads/ Alpine Linux downloads] page.
-RISC-V is an open source instruction set architecture (ISA) that was originally developed at UC Berkeley.  It's currently maintained by [https://riscv.org/ RISC-V International].
+RISC-V is an open source instruction set architecture (ISA) that was originally developed at UC Berkeley.  It's currently maintained by [https://riscv.org/ RISC-V International].  Organizations are allowed to implement the RISC-V ISA with their own custom extensions.  This results in their being some specificity to each implementation that makes it to market.  Below you'll find links to articles which detail how to get Alpine Linux running on your board or VM.
+== Alpine Linux on Specific RISC-V Implementations ==
+== 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.''
 [[Category:Riscv64]]