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box64

https://box86.org/
Box64 - Linux Userspace x86_64 Emulator with a twist, targeted at ARM64 Linux devices

Box64 lets you run x86_64 programs compiled for the Linux kernel on non-x86 platforms such as ARM64. It re-uses the native libraries provided by the host system (where static linking was used in a binary), including libc. It provides high performance by implementing a dynamic recompiler for x86_64 emulation; combined with the userspace emulation, it can then provide seemingly native performance, for many applications. The host that box64 runs on most use a 64-bit little-endian architecture.

By contrast, traditional emulators implement what's called an interpreter (instead of a dynamic recompiler) which, while simpler, is significantly less performant. You can read up on Wikipedia and elsewhere about the differences between the two.

Box64 is the 64-bit version, whereas the same project also provides box86. Box86 is essentially the same, but provides emulation of traditional 32-bit x86. The host that runs Box86 must use a 32-bit little-endian architecture.

Documentation

included in the main git repository

Download

https://github.com/ptitSeb/box64/archive/refs/tags/v0.2.6.tar.gz

version 0.2.6
released on 15 December 2023

Microblog

https://box86.org/blog/

VCS Checkout

git clone https://github.com/ptitSeb/box64

Categories

• Runs-on:GNU/Linux
• System-administration:virtualization

Licensing

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License

MIT

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libreleah

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5 January 2024

Notes

license also the same for box86; both box86 and box64 are versions of the same project, by the same maintainer

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Resources and communication

Software prerequisites

Kind	Description
Required to build	gcc

This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 5 January 2024.

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