RISC-V GNU Toolchain vs Wind River Conductor
| RISC-V GNU Toolchain | Wind River Conductor | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Paid from | Free | — |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | Linux, macOS, Windows | Windows, Linux |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Debugger included | Yes | Yes |
| SDK components | GCC, binutils, GDB, Newlib, Picolibc, glibc, musl, uClibc, QEMU, Spike | VxWorks APIs, kernel and user-level RTP support, DKM support, shared libraries, CMake tooling, Makefile workflows, VS Code tooling |
| Target architectures | RV32 and RV64 with standard RISC-V extensions; configurable multilib targets | x86, ARM, Power Architecture/PPC, RISC-V |
| Host platforms | Linux, macOS, Windows via Linux subsystem or Cygwin | Linux, Windows |
| Build systems | Autotools configure and Make | Make, CMake, Visual Studio Code project workflow |
| Debug interfaces | GDB simulator, QEMU, Spike | wrdbg over TCP/IP, VS Code debugger, kernel shell, command line |
| License model | open-source | commercial |
Both are listed in Best Embedded Systems Toolchains. On Inferse, RISC-V GNU Toolchain scores higher on our published basis.