#assembly

Best open-source assembly language tools and projects (2026)

This tag covers tools for writing, running and studying low-level code, from processor simulators to IDEs with assembly support. Check which architecture a tool targets first, since a RISC-V simulator won't help with x86 work. Ripes visualizes how a RISC-V processor executes code step by step. RedPanda-CPP is a lightweight Qt-based IDE for C, C++ and GNU Assembly under GPL-3.0, so distributing modified versions means sharing them under the same license. NumKong is a different kind of project: SIMD-accelerated math kernels with bindings for several languages.

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hra1129 / msx_basic_compiler

GitHub

BACON, a compiler that translates MSX-BASIC programs into machine code for MSX computers, with PLAY (PSG music) support.

Developer Tools #compiler#msx#basic#retro-computing #assembly

375C++MITUpdated 5 days ago

kerlenton / bootgpt

GitHub

A tiny char-level language model that runs inside a 512-byte x86 boot sector and dreams up fake Linux boot logs in real mode.

AI & Machine Learning #x86 #assembly#bootsector#language-model #quantization

102+52 this week4PythonMITUpdated 7 days ago

royqh1979 / RedPanda-CPP

GitHub

A lightweight, cross-platform C/C++ and GNU Assembly IDE built on Qt, successor to Dev-C++ 7.

Developer Tools #ide #cpp #qt #debugger#gdb

1.5K+13 this week150C++GPL-3.0Updated yesterday

ashvardanian / NumKong

GitHub

SIMD-accelerated math kernels for distances, dot products, and matrix ops across 15+ numeric types, with bindings for Python, Rust, C/C++, JS, Swift, and Go.

AI & Machine Learning #simd #linear-algebra #vector-search#matrix-multiplication#blas

1.9K+4 this week142CApache-2.0Updated 7 days ago

mortbopet / Ripes

GitHub

A visual RISC-V computer architecture simulator and assembly editor for studying how processors execute code.

Learning Resources #risc-v#computer-architecture#simulator#cpu-emulator#assembly

3.5K+6 this week389C++MITWell maintainedUpdated 5 days ago