Exploring compile targets
Compiled programming languages often have a notion of "compile target", "compilation target", and/or "target triple" (even if it's more like a quintuple, i.e. 5-tuple).
For Rust programming language, the list of targets supported by rustc (the Rust's compiler) can be obtained like this:
rustc --print target-listSample output
aarch64-apple-darwin
aarch64-apple-ios
aarch64-apple-ios-macabi
aarch64-apple-ios-sim
aarch64-apple-tvos
aarch64-apple-watchos-sim
aarch64-fuchsia
aarch64-kmc-solid_asp3
aarch64-linux-android
aarch64-nintendo-switch-freestanding
aarch64-pc-windows-gnullvm
aarch64-pc-windows-msvc
aarch64-unknown-freebsd
aarch64-unknown-hermit
aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu_ilp32
aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
aarch64-unknown-netbsd
aarch64-unknown-none
aarch64-unknown-none-softfloat
aarch64-unknown-openbsd
aarch64-unknown-redox
aarch64-unknown-uefi
aarch64-uwp-windows-msvc
aarch64-wrs-vxworks
aarch64_be-unknown-linux-gnu
aarch64_be-unknown-linux-gnu_ilp32
arm-linux-androideabi
arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi
arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf
arm-unknown-linux-musleabi
arm-unknown-linux-musleabihf
arm64_32-apple-watchos
armeb-unknown-linux-gnueabi
armebv7r-none-eabi
armebv7r-none-eabihf
armv4t-none-eabi
armv4t-unknown-linux-gnueabi
armv5te-none-eabi
armv5te-unknown-linux-gnueabi
armv5te-unknown-linux-musleabi
armv5te-unknown-linux-uclibceabi
armv6-unknown-freebsd
armv6-unknown-netbsd-eabihf
armv6k-nintendo-3ds
armv7-apple-ios
armv7-linux-androideabi
armv7-unknown-freebsd
armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabi
armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf
armv7-unknown-linux-musleabi
armv7-unknown-linux-musleabihf
armv7-unknown-linux-uclibceabi
armv7-unknown-linux-uclibceabihf
armv7-unknown-netbsd-eabihf
armv7-wrs-vxworks-eabihf
armv7a-kmc-solid_asp3-eabi
armv7a-kmc-solid_asp3-eabihf
armv7a-none-eabi
armv7a-none-eabihf
armv7k-apple-watchos
armv7r-none-eabi
armv7r-none-eabihf
armv7s-apple-ios
asmjs-unknown-emscripten
avr-unknown-gnu-atmega328
bpfeb-unknown-none
bpfel-unknown-none
hexagon-unknown-linux-musl
i386-apple-ios
i586-pc-windows-msvc
i586-unknown-linux-gnu
i586-unknown-linux-musl
i686-apple-darwin
i686-linux-android
i686-pc-windows-gnu
i686-pc-windows-msvc
i686-unknown-freebsd
i686-unknown-haiku
i686-unknown-linux-gnu
i686-unknown-linux-musl
i686-unknown-netbsd
i686-unknown-openbsd
i686-unknown-uefi
i686-uwp-windows-gnu
i686-uwp-windows-msvc
i686-wrs-vxworks
m68k-unknown-linux-gnu
mips-unknown-linux-gnu
mips-unknown-linux-musl
mips-unknown-linux-uclibc
mips64-openwrt-linux-musl
mips64-unknown-linux-gnuabi64
mips64-unknown-linux-muslabi64
mips64el-unknown-linux-gnuabi64
mips64el-unknown-linux-muslabi64
mipsel-sony-psp
mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu
mipsel-unknown-linux-musl
mipsel-unknown-linux-uclibc
mipsel-unknown-none
mipsisa32r6-unknown-linux-gnu
mipsisa32r6el-unknown-linux-gnu
mipsisa64r6-unknown-linux-gnuabi64
mipsisa64r6el-unknown-linux-gnuabi64
msp430-none-elf
nvptx64-nvidia-cuda
powerpc-unknown-freebsd
powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu
powerpc-unknown-linux-gnuspe
powerpc-unknown-linux-musl
powerpc-unknown-netbsd
powerpc-unknown-openbsd
powerpc-wrs-vxworks
powerpc-wrs-vxworks-spe
powerpc64-unknown-freebsd
powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu
powerpc64-unknown-linux-musl
powerpc64-unknown-openbsd
powerpc64-wrs-vxworks
powerpc64le-unknown-freebsd
powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu
powerpc64le-unknown-linux-musl
riscv32gc-unknown-linux-gnu
riscv32gc-unknown-linux-musl
riscv32i-unknown-none-elf
riscv32im-unknown-none-elf
riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf
riscv32imac-unknown-xous-elf
riscv32imc-esp-espidf
riscv32imc-unknown-none-elf
riscv64gc-unknown-freebsd
riscv64gc-unknown-linux-gnu
riscv64gc-unknown-linux-musl
riscv64gc-unknown-none-elf
riscv64gc-unknown-openbsd
riscv64imac-unknown-none-elf
s390x-unknown-linux-gnu
s390x-unknown-linux-musl
sparc-unknown-linux-gnu
sparc64-unknown-linux-gnu
sparc64-unknown-netbsd
sparc64-unknown-openbsd
sparcv9-sun-solaris
thumbv4t-none-eabi
thumbv5te-none-eabi
thumbv6m-none-eabi
thumbv7a-pc-windows-msvc
thumbv7a-uwp-windows-msvc
thumbv7em-none-eabi
thumbv7em-none-eabihf
thumbv7m-none-eabi
thumbv7neon-linux-androideabi
thumbv7neon-unknown-linux-gnueabihf
thumbv7neon-unknown-linux-musleabihf
thumbv8m.base-none-eabi
thumbv8m.main-none-eabi
thumbv8m.main-none-eabihf
wasm32-unknown-emscripten
wasm32-unknown-unknown
wasm32-wasi
wasm64-unknown-unknown
x86_64-apple-darwin
x86_64-apple-ios
x86_64-apple-ios-macabi
x86_64-apple-tvos
x86_64-apple-watchos-sim
x86_64-fortanix-unknown-sgx
x86_64-fuchsia
x86_64-linux-android
x86_64-pc-solaris
x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
x86_64-pc-windows-gnullvm
x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
x86_64-sun-solaris
x86_64-unknown-dragonfly
x86_64-unknown-freebsd
x86_64-unknown-haiku
x86_64-unknown-hermit
x86_64-unknown-illumos
x86_64-unknown-l4re-uclibc
x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
x86_64-unknown-linux-gnux32
x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
x86_64-unknown-netbsd
x86_64-unknown-none
x86_64-unknown-none-linuxkernel
x86_64-unknown-openbsd
x86_64-unknown-redox
x86_64-unknown-uefi
x86_64-uwp-windows-gnu
x86_64-uwp-windows-msvc
x86_64-wrs-vxworks
For Golang, the list of supported targets can be obtained like this:
go tool dist listSample output
aix/ppc64
android/386
android/amd64
android/arm
android/arm64
darwin/amd64
darwin/arm64
dragonfly/amd64
freebsd/386
freebsd/amd64
freebsd/arm
freebsd/arm64
freebsd/riscv64
illumos/amd64
ios/amd64
ios/arm64
js/wasm
linux/386
linux/amd64
linux/arm
linux/arm64
linux/loong64
linux/mips
linux/mips64
linux/mips64le
linux/mipsle
linux/ppc64
linux/ppc64le
linux/riscv64
linux/s390x
netbsd/386
netbsd/amd64
netbsd/arm
netbsd/arm64
openbsd/386
openbsd/amd64
openbsd/arm
openbsd/arm64
openbsd/mips64
plan9/386
plan9/amd64
plan9/arm
solaris/amd64
windows/386
windows/amd64
windows/arm
windows/arm64
Even vcpkg, a free C/C++ package manager for acquiring and managing libraries, has its own unique set of targets, which can be obtained like this:
vcpkg help tripletSample output
Available architecture triplets:
vcpkg built-in triplets:
arm-uwp
arm64-windows
x64-linux
x64-osx
x64-uwp
x64-windows-static
x64-windows
x86-windows
VCPKG community triplets:
arm-android
arm-ios
arm-linux-release
arm-linux
arm-mingw-dynamic
arm-mingw-static
arm-neon-android
arm-uwp-static-md
arm-windows-static
arm-windows
arm64-android
arm64-ios
arm64-linux-release
arm64-linux
arm64-mingw-dynamic
arm64-mingw-static
arm64-osx-dynamic
arm64-osx-release
arm64-osx
arm64-uwp-static-md
arm64-uwp
arm64-windows-static-md
arm64-windows-static-release
arm64-windows-static
arm64ec-windows
armv6-android
ppc64le-linux-release
ppc64le-linux
s390x-linux-release
s390x-linux
wasm32-emscripten
x64-android
x64-freebsd
x64-ios
x64-linux-dynamic
x64-linux-release
x64-mingw-dynamic
x64-mingw-static
x64-openbsd
x64-osx-dynamic
x64-osx-release
x64-uwp-static-md
x64-windows-release
x64-windows-static-md
x64-windows-static-release
x86-android
x86-freebsd
x86-ios
x86-linux
x86-mingw-dynamic
x86-mingw-static
x86-uwp-static-md
x86-uwp
x86-windows-static-md
x86-windows-static
x86-windows-v120
Another fun source of compile targets is llvm-mos about which I learned from "C++ Weekly - Ep 369 - llvm-mos: Bringing C++23 To Your Favorite 80's Computers".