Debian

Debian is the only independent distro here that made riscv64 an official release architecture; separately there are Debian-based riscv64 systems such as deepin and RevyOS (not verified one by one).

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Independent

Upstream

riscv64 has been an official release architecture since Debian 13 (trixie) — the official announcement says: "This release for the first time officially supports the riscv64 architecture". It lives in the main archive on deb.debian.org, not the ports add-on tree (debian.org/ports lists riscv64 as 13/released).

Versions

13.7 (trixie, current stable; ISO is debian-13.7.0-riscv64-netinst.iso) · 14 (forky, in development/testing)

Doc languages

en / zh / ja / ko / ru / fr / de

Derivatives

Ubuntu

Checked

2026-11-01

• QEMU virt (virtual machine) Official The official riscv64 netinst installs on QEMU virt; it is a primary target platform for d-i
• SiFive HiFive Unmatched Community Generic riscv64 image booted via the board's own U-Boot/UEFI; Debian does not publish board images
• StarFive VisionFive 2 Community As above: JH7110 boards use the vendor U-Boot to provide UEFI, then install the generic image
• LicheePi 4A Partial TH1520 needs a vendor U-Boot/kernel; Debian mainline has no board support
• Milk-V Meles Partial Same TH1520 platform, so the situation matches LicheePi 4A
• SpacemiT K3 (Pico-ITX / CoM260) Partial SpacemiT K3 needs the vendor BSP; mainline Debian support is unconfirmed
• Zhihe A210 (XuanTie MelonPi dev board) Partial Zhihe A210 needs vendor firmware/kernel; no official Debian support
• Canaan K230 (Kendryte K230 / CanMV-K230) Partial Canaan K230 is an MCU-class SoC with limited mainline support
• Milk-V Megrez (ESWIN EIC7700X) Community EIC7700 boards can use the generic UEFI image; not confirmed in Debian docs
• Milk-V Titan (UltraRISC DP1000) Community DP1000 as above; not confirmed in Debian docs
• Milk-V Pioneer (SG2042, server-oriented) Community SG2042 can use the generic image; not confirmed in Debian docs
• Orange Pi RV2 (Ky X1) Community SpacemiT K1 board: generic image + board U-Boot
• Banana Pi BPI-F3 (SpacemiT K1) Community SpacemiT K1 board: generic image + board U-Boot

• Debian GNU/Linux 13 riscv64 installation guide (English) Doc en
• Installation guide, Simplified Chinese Doc zh
• Installation guide, Japanese Doc ja
• Installation guide, Korean Doc ko
• Installation guide, Russian Doc ru
• RISC-V Linux in 2026: Debian, RVA23, Servers, Hardware—and What's Still Missing Video en

• Only generic riscv64 images (netinst/ISO) are published, no board images; whether it boots depends on the board's U-Boot/UEFI firmware
• The official guide says of itself: "This installation guide has not been fully updated and fact checked for riscv64" — some chapters may be stale
• A netinst install needs network access to fetch packages

Hands-on records from RuyiSDK, board by board. Open a report for the full install steps and verdict.

Status meanings: good — fully usable (desktop boots); basic — basic system (serial console works); part — partial functionality; cft — image exists, needs verification; cfh — documented as supported but fails to boot; cfi — claimed supported, no image; wip — announced only.

• cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/release/current/riscv64/iso-cd/
• cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/release/current/riscv64/iso-cd/debian-13.7.0-riscv64-netinst.iso
• debian.org/releases/stable/riscv64/
• debian.org/releases/stable/riscv64/index.zh-cn.html
• debian.org/releases/stable/riscv64/index.ja.html
• debian.org/releases/stable/riscv64/index.ko.html
• debian.org/releases/stable/riscv64/index.ru.html
• youtube.com/watch
• matrix.ruyisdk.org/reports/K230/Debian/README/
• matrix.ruyisdk.org/reports/Mars/Debian/README/
• matrix.ruyisdk.org/reports/Duo/Debian/README/
• matrix.ruyisdk.org/reports/Duo256m/Debian/README/
• matrix.ruyisdk.org/reports/Duo_S/Debian/README/
• matrix.ruyisdk.org/reports/OrangePi-RV2/Debian/README/
• matrix.ruyisdk.org/

The full source list and how each claim is judged: Sources