# The 64-bit Hurd is Here!

DevFeed: [The 64-bit Hurd is Here!](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-64-bit-hurd-is-here-34152.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2026/the-64-bit-hurd//>)

Author: Janneke Nieuwenhuizen, Yelninei

Published: 2026-03-01T10:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [GNU Guix -- Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/gnu-guix-blog.md>)

Topics: [x86](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/x86.md>), [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bug.md>), [patches](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/patches.md>), [gcc](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gcc.md>)

Tags: [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bug.md>), [gcc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gcc.md>), [gnu-hurd](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gnu-hurd.md>), [patches](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/patches.md>), [x86](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/x86.md>), [x86-64](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/x86-64.md>)

## AI overview

Guix has added x86_64 support for the Hurd. The article reviews roughly 1.5 years of related work, including installer support, build and dependency fixes, package updates, and the merge of the 64-bit Hurd changes.

## Source excerpt

Fifteen months have passed since our last Guix/Hurd on a Thinkpad X60 post and a lot has happened with respect to the Hurd . And most of you will have guessed, unless you skipped the title of this post, the rumored x86_64 support has landed in Guix! Here is a not-so-short overview of our Hurd work over the past 1.5 years: The build daemon fails when invoking guix authenticate on the Hurd bug was fixed. This was our most pressing problem as it meant that we could not keep...