RISC-V Distros

Support matrix

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Boards \ DistrosDebianUbuntuFedoraFedora-V Force (FVF)RevyOSBianbuopenEuleropenKylindeepinArmbianAlpine LinuxArch Linux RISC-VopenSUSEGentooNixOSFreeBSDNetBSDOpenBSDALT LinuxBuildrootYocto / OpenEmbeddedopenRuyiVoid LinuxPLD LinuxSlackwareAndroid (AOSP)
QEMU virt (virtual machine) None (generic QEMU virtual platform, RV32/RV64 configurable, up to 512 cores)OfficialOfficialCommunityOfficialOfficialOfficialCommunityOfficialCommunityOfficialOfficialOfficialOfficialOfficialOfficialPartial
StarFive VisionFive 2 StarFive JH7110: 4×SiFive U74 @1.5GHz + S7 monitor core + E24GoodBasicGoodGoodGoodBasicGoodBasicBasicBasicBasicBasicBasicBasicBasicBasicCommunity
LicheePi 4A T-Head TH1520: 4×C910 @1.85GHz + C906 + E902, 4TOPS NPUPartialPartialGoodGoodGoodGoodGoodBasicGoodCommunityBasicPartialGood
Milk-V Meles T-Head TH1520: 4×C910 @1.85GHz + C906 + E902, 4TOPS NPUCommunityGoodFails to bootGoodPartial
SpacemiT K3 (Pico-ITX / CoM260) SpacemiT K3 (Key Stone K3)OfficialOfficialGoodOfficial
Zhihe A210 (XuanTie MelonPi dev board) ZHIHE A210 (4×C920 + 4×C908)OfficialOfficial
Canaan K230 (Kendryte K230 / CanMV-K230) Kendryte K230 (2×C908)BasicBasicBasicOfficial
Milk-V Megrez (ESWIN EIC7700X) ESWIN EIC7700XOfficialNeeds verificationGoodCommunity
Milk-V Titan (UltraRISC DP1000) UltraRISC UR-DP1000OfficialOfficialOfficial
SiFive HiFive Unmatched SiFive Freedom U740 (FU740): 4×U74 @1.2GHz + 1×S71 monitor coreBasicBasicBasicBasicGoodGoodFails to bootBasicCommunityBasicBasicOfficial
Banana Pi BPI-F3 (SpacemiT K1) SpacemiT K1 (8×X60)CommunityCommunityBasicBasicFails to bootGoodGoodBasicBasicCommunityCommunityCommunity
Orange Pi RV2 (Ky X1) Ky X1 (8-core RISC-V AI CPU)BasicGoodCommunityCommunity
SiFive HiFive Premier P550 ESWIN EIC7700XBasicGoodBasicGoodNeeds verification
StarFive VisionFive 2 Lite (JH7110S) StarFive JH7110SBasicBasicOfficial
BeagleV-Ahead T-Head TH1520: 4×C910 @1.85GHz, 4TOPS NPU, BXM-4-64 GPUPartialOfficialCommunityCommunityOfficial
Milk-V Pioneer (SG2042, server-oriented) SOPHON SG2042: 64×XuanTie C920 @2GHz, RVV 0.71, 64MB L3PartialPartialGoodGoodGoodGoodGood
Milk-V Duo series (Duo / Duo 256M / Duo S) CV1800B (Duo) / SG2002 (Duo 256M) / SG2000 (Duo S)BasicBasicBasicBasicBasicBasicBasicBasicBasic
Mars JH7110: SiFive U74 + SiFive S7 + SiFive E24BasicBasicGoodGoodGoodBasicBasicBasicBasicBasicBasic
STAR64 JH7110: SiFive U74 + SiFive S7 + SiFive E24BasicBasicFails to bootFails to bootFails to bootBasicBasic
VisionFive JH7100: SiFive U74 + SiFive E24BasicGoodGoodGoodBasicBasicBasicBasicBasicBasic
Milk-V Jupiter Key Stone K1/M1: SpacemiT X60BasicFails to boot
Muse Pi Pro Key Stone M1: SpacemiT X60GoodBasic
SpacemiT K3 CoM260 Kit SpacemiT K3: SpacemiT X100 + A100GoodNeeds verificationGood
BIT-BRICK K1 Key Stone K1: SpacemiT X60BasicBasicBasicBasicBasic
Lichee Cluster 4A TH1520: XuanTie C910 + XuanTie C906 + XuanTie E902BasicBasicBasicBasicBasic
Legend ● Good ◐ Basic ◔ Partial ◌ Needs verification ✕ Fails to boot · Our own notes (not tested by RuyiSDK)

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.

Source https://matrix.ruyisdk.org · Checked 2026-11-01 · support-matrix