chipsalliance

    chipsalliance/caliptra-sw

    Caliptra software (ROM, FMC, runtime firmware), and libraries/tools needed to build and test

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    Rust
    Apache-2.0
    172 stars
    137 forks
    172 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 3, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 6 days ago, with 65 contributors on GitHub.

    Gained 44% fewer stars in the last 90 days than in the 90 days before.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides firmware, libraries, and tools for building and testing Caliptra security hardware and software components.
    • Enables comprehensive development and validation of secure firmware with integrated hardware simulation and testing environments.
    • Use for developing and validating secure boot firmware and runtime environments on RISC-V based Caliptra hardware.
    • Use for simulating Caliptra hardware behavior using software emulation or Verilator for high-fidelity firmware testing.
    • Use for integrating and testing Caliptra firmware on FPGA platforms to accelerate hardware-software co-development.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    Apache 2.0

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Code of conduct: present

    Watch-outs

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    From the README

    This repository contains firmware, libraries, and tools related to the Caliptra Project.

    Excerpt from the chipsalliance/caliptra-sw README on GitHub (Apache-2.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Forks

    137+19

    Open issues

    323+10

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