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title: "ReactOS Now Running On ARM64 In Experimental Form"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/reactos-now-running-on-arm64-in-experimental-form-ulu6n5qcj
source_url: https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-On-ARM64-Experiment
type: article
source: "Phoronix"
published: 2026-05-27T01:02:29.194Z
updated: 2026-05-27T01:03:00.773Z
tags: ["open-source", "hardware"]
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# ReactOS Now Running On ARM64 In Experimental Form

**[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

ReactOS, the open-source project aiming for Windows binary compatibility, has achieved experimental ARM64 support. A contributor's work over several months enables ReactOS to boot on ARM64 hardware, demonstrated running as a QEMU virtual machine targeting an Apple ARM64 processor. The build requires a UEFI-compatible system with GICv2 or GICv3 and supports Armv8-A and newer.

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