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Dev tools · October 20, 2020

C++17 RISC-V RV32GC / RV64GC userspace emulator library

The fastest RVA23 RISC-V sandbox. Contribute to libriscv/libriscv development by creating an account on GitHub.

C++17 RISC-V RV32GC / RV64GC userspace emulator library launched on October 20, 2020 with 31 votes, #909 of 4,018 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

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In plain words

This is a userspace emulator library that runs RISC-V RV32GC and RV64GC binaries on other systems. Built with C++17, it allows developers and researchers to execute RISC-V programs without dedicated hardware. The library is useful for testing, debugging, and running RISC-V software across different platforms. It targets developers, embedded systems engineers, and anyone needing to emulate RISC-V instruction sets.

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