flake.lock: Update

Flake lock file updates: • Updated input 'nixpkgs': 'github:nixos/nixpkgs/4c1018d' (2026-04-09) → 'github:nixos/nixpkgs/0726a0e' (2026-04-22)
flake.lock: Update
2026-04-30 11:22:08 +01:00 · 2026-04-19 11:25:33 +01:00 · 2026-04-19 08:34:21 +01:00 · 2026-03-04 09:55:39 +00:00 · 2026-03-04 09:54:55 +00:00 · 2026-03-04 09:54:39 +00:00
20 changed files with 1532 additions and 450 deletions
--- a/.github/workflows/flake-checker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/flake-checker.yml
@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ jobs:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
-      - uses: DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@v21
+      - uses: DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@v22
      - uses: DeterminateSystems/magic-nix-cache-action@v9
      - uses: DeterminateSystems/flake-checker-action@v12
--- a/.github/workflows/flake-updater.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/flake-updater.yml
@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
-      - uses: DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@v21
+      - uses: DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@v22
      - uses: DeterminateSystems/magic-nix-cache-action@v9
      - uses: DeterminateSystems/update-flake-lock@v28
        with:
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ jobs:
      env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
    - name: "Import gpg key 🔑"
-      uses: crazy-max/ghaction-import-gpg@v6
+      uses: crazy-max/ghaction-import-gpg@v7
      with:
        gpg_private_key: ${{ secrets.PPA_GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
        passphrase: ${{ secrets.PPA_GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
--- a/.github/workflows/test-build-quickemu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-build-quickemu.yml
@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
      - name: "Checkout 🥡"
        uses: "actions/checkout@v6"
      - name: "Install Nix ❄️"
-        uses: "DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@v21"
+        uses: "DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@v22"
      - name: "Enable Magic Nix Cache 🪄"
        uses: "DeterminateSystems/magic-nix-cache-action@v9"
      - name: "Build & Test .nix ❄️"
--- a/.github/workflows/test-quickget.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-quickget.yml
@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
        id: check
        run: |
          mkdir -p results
-          ./quickget --check "${{ matrix.distro }}" | tee results/check.txt
+          ./quickget --check-all-arch "${{ matrix.distro }}" | tee results/check.txt

          # Count results (use wc -l to avoid grep exit code issues)
          PASSED=$(grep '^PASS' results/check.txt | wc -l | tr -d ' ')
@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:

          cat result/result.json
      - name: "Upload result artifact 📤"
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
        with:
          name: result-${{ matrix.distro }}
          path: result/
@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
    if: always()
    steps:
      - name: "Download all result artifacts 📥"
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
        with:
          pattern: result-*
          path: results
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ The devshell patches `quickemu` to use Nix store paths for OVMF and Samba, writi

 - Lint scripts: `shellcheck quickemu quickget quickreport chunkcheck`
 - Test quickget URLs: `./quickget --check <os> [release] [edition]`
+- Test ARM64 downloads: `./quickget --arch arm64 --check <os> [release] [edition]`
+- Test all architectures: `./quickget --check-all-arch <os> [release] [edition]`
 - List all supported OSes: `./quickget --list`
 - Run VM: `./quickemu --vm <name>.conf`

@ -53,7 +55,8 @@ Follow the [guide in the wiki](https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/wiki
 1. Entry in `os_info()` case statement
 2. `releases_<os>()` function returning available versions
 3. `editions_<os>()` function if multiple editions exist
-4. Download URL construction logic
+4. `arch_<os>()` function if ARM64 is supported (defaults to amd64 only if omitted)
+5. Download URL construction logic

 ## Commit message format

@ -96,10 +99,13 @@ fix(quickget): remove Athena OS (no longer getting updates)
 ## Platform support

 - Host: Linux (x86_64, aarch64), macOS (x86_64, aarch64)
+- Guest: x86_64 (default), aarch64 (set `arch="aarch64"` in VM config)
+- ARM64 guests use AAVMF firmware and `virt` machine type
+- Cross-arch emulation uses TCG (no KVM acceleration)
 - OVMF/UEFI firmware: Linux only
 - Bash 4.0+ required (explicit version check at runtime)

 ## Key dependencies

 Runtime: qemu, cdrtools, curl, jq, spice-gtk, swtpm, samba, zsync
-Linux-specific: OVMF, usbutils, mesa-demos
+Linux-specific: OVMF (x86_64 guests), AAVMF (aarch64 guests), usbutils, mesa-demos
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ required to run the virtual machines.
 - **macOS** Sequoia, Sonoma, Ventura, Monterey, Big Sur, Catalina & Mojave
 - **Windows** 10 and 11 including TPM 2.0
 - **Windows Server** 2022 2019 2016
+- **ARM64 guest support** for running aarch64 VMs (native on ARM hosts, emulated on x86_64)
 - [Ubuntu](https://ubuntu.com/desktop) and all the **[official Ubuntu
  flavours](https://ubuntu.com/download/flavours)**
 - **Nearly 1000 operating system editions are supported!**
--- a/2
+++ b/2
@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c5907eae9c0bd9364b4a91a3f449f1d1dbbc58c9
+Subproject commit f9582c397c8ac9f1fc6ab2d6882d5ef51dc5efda
--- a/devshell.nix
+++ b/devshell.nix
@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ mkShell {
        xorg.xrandr
        zsync
      ]
-      ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [
+      ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [
        mesa-demos
        usbutils
        xdg-user-dirs
@ -52,10 +52,14 @@ mkShell {
    sed \
      ${
        lib.optionalString (OVMF != null && OVMFFull != null) ''
-          -e '/OVMF_CODE_4M.secboot.fd/s|ovmfs=(|ovmfs=("${OVMFFull.firmware}","${OVMFFull.variables}" |' \
+          -e '/OVMF_CODE_4M.secboot.fd/s|ovmfs=(|ovmfs=("${OVMFFull.firmware}","${OVMFFull.variablesMs}" |' \
          -e '/OVMF_CODE_4M.fd/s|ovmfs=(|ovmfs=("${OVMF.firmware}","${OVMF.variables}" |' \
        ''
-      } \
+      }${lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
+        -e 's|ovmfs=("[$][{]SHARE_PATH}/OVMF/OVMF_CODE_4M.secboot.fd"|ovmfs=("${pkgs.qemu_full}/share/qemu/edk2-x86_64-secure-code.fd","${pkgs.qemu_full}/share/qemu/edk2-i386-vars.fd" "''${SHARE_PATH}/OVMF/OVMF_CODE_4M.secboot.fd"|' \
+        -e 's|ovmfs=("[$][{]SHARE_PATH}/OVMF/OVMF_CODE_4M.fd"|ovmfs=("${pkgs.qemu_full}/share/qemu/edk2-x86_64-code.fd","${pkgs.qemu_full}/share/qemu/edk2-i386-vars.fd" "''${SHARE_PATH}/OVMF/OVMF_CODE_4M.fd"|' \
+        -e 's|ovmfs=("/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_CODE.fd"|ovmfs=("${pkgs.qemu_full}/share/qemu/edk2-aarch64-code.fd","${pkgs.qemu_full}/share/qemu/edk2-arm-vars.fd" "/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_CODE.fd"|' \
+      ''} \
      -e '/cp "''${VARS_IN}" "''${VARS_OUT}"/a chmod +w "''${VARS_OUT}"' \
      -e 's,\$(command -v smbd),${pkgs.samba}/bin/smbd,' \
      quickemu > $PWD/.direnv/bin/quickemu
--- a/docs/quickemu.1
+++ b/docs/quickemu.1
@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.\" Automatically generated by Pandoc 3.7.0.2
+.\" Automatically generated by Pandoc 3.8.3
 .\"
-.TH "QUICKEMU" "1" "July 31, 2025" "quickemu" "Quickemu User Manual"
+.TH "QUICKEMU" "1" "February 2, 2026" "quickemu" "Quickemu User Manual"
 .SH NAME
 quickemu \- A quick VM builder and manager
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ Delete the entire VM and its configuration
 .TP
 \f[B]\-\-display\f[R]
 Select display backend.
-\(aqsdl\(aq (default), \(aqgtk\(aq, \(aqnone\(aq, \(aqspice\(aq or
-\(aqspice\-app\(aq
+\(aqgtk\(aq (default), \(aqsdl\(aq, \(aqcocoa\(aq, \(aqnone\(aq,
+\(aqspice\(aq or \(aqspice\-app\(aq
 .TP
 \f[B]\-\-fullscreen\f[R]
 Starts VM in full screen mode (Ctl+Alt+f to exit)
@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ Mojave
 .IP \(bu 2
 \f[B]Windows Server\f[R] 2022 2019 2016
 .IP \(bu 2
+\f[B]ARM64 guest support\f[R] for running aarch64 VMs (native on ARM
+hosts, emulated on x86_64)
+.IP \(bu 2
 \c
 .UR https://ubuntu.com/desktop
 Ubuntu
@ -570,18 +573,23 @@ wiki
 You can also use \f[CR]quickget\f[R] with advanced options :
 .IP
 .EX
-  \-\-download      <os> <release> [edition] : Download image; no VM configuration
-  \-\-create\-config <os> [path/url] [flags]  : Create VM config for an OS image
-  \-\-open\-homepage <os>                     : Open homepage for the OS
-  \-\-show          [os]                     : Show OS information
-  \-\-version                                : Show version
-  \-\-help                                   : Show this help message
-  \-\-disable\-unattended                     : Force quickget not to set up an unattended installation
-  \-\-url           [os] [release] [edition] : Show image URL(s)
-  \-\-check         [os] [release] [edition] : Check image URL(s)
-  \-\-list                                   : List all supported systems
-  \-\-list\-csv                               : List everything in csv format
-  \-\-list\-json                              : List everything in json format
+   \-\-arch           <arch>                    : Set architecture (arm64, aarch64, amd64, x86_64)
+   \-\-download       <os> <release> [edition]  : Download image; no VM configuration
+   \-\-create\-config  <os> [path/url] [flags]   : Create VM config for an OS image
+   \-\-open\-homepage  <os>                      : Open homepage for the OS
+   \-\-show           [os]                      : Show OS information
+   \-\-version                                  : Show version
+   \-\-help                                     : Show this help message
+\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- Flags \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-
+\-\-create\-config:
+  \-\-disable\-unattended                        : Force quickget not to set up an unattended installation
+\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- For testing & development \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-
+   \-\-url            [os] [release] [edition]  : Show image URL(s)
+   \-\-check          [os] [release] [edition]  : Check image URL(s)
+   \-\-check\-all\-arch [os] [release] [edition]  : Check downloads for all architectures (amd64 and arm64)
+   \-\-list                                     : List all supported systems
+   \-\-list\-csv                                 : List everything in csv format
+   \-\-list\-json                                : List everything in json format
 .EE
 .PP
 Here are some typical uses
@ -622,7 +630,7 @@ wiki
 .IP \(bu 2
 \f[CR]artixlinux\f[R] (Artix Linux)
 .IP \(bu 2
-\f[CR]athenaos\f[R] (Athena OS)
+\f[CR]azurelinux\f[R] (Azure Linux)
 .IP \(bu 2
 \f[CR]batocera\f[R] (Batocera)
 .IP \(bu 2
@ -678,8 +686,6 @@ wiki
 .IP \(bu 2
 \f[CR]haiku\f[R] (Haiku)
 .IP \(bu 2
-\f[CR]holoiso\f[R] (HoloISO)
-.IP \(bu 2
 \f[CR]kali\f[R] (Kali)
 .IP \(bu 2
 \f[CR]kdeneon\f[R] (KDE Neon)
@ -752,17 +758,15 @@ wiki
 .IP \(bu 2
 \f[CR]solus\f[R] (Solus)
 .IP \(bu 2
+\f[CR]sparkylinux\f[R] (SparkyLinux)
+.IP \(bu 2
 \f[CR]spirallinux\f[R] (SpiralLinux)
 .IP \(bu 2
 \f[CR]tails\f[R] (Tails)
 .IP \(bu 2
 \f[CR]tinycore\f[R] (Tiny Core Linux)
 .IP \(bu 2
-\f[CR]trisquel\f[R] (Trisquel\-)
-.IP \(bu 2
-\f[CR]truenas\-core\f[R] (TrueNAS Core)
-.IP \(bu 2
-\f[CR]truenas\-scale\f[R] (TrueNAS Scale)
+\f[CR]trisquel\f[R] (Trisquel)
 .IP \(bu 2
 \f[CR]tuxedo\-os\f[R] (Tuxedo OS)
 .IP \(bu 2
@ -770,8 +774,6 @@ wiki
 .IP \(bu 2
 \f[CR]void\f[R] (Void Linux)
 .IP \(bu 2
-\f[CR]vxlinux\f[R] (VX Linux)
-.IP \(bu 2
 \f[CR]zorin\f[R] (Zorin OS)
 .SS \c
 .UR https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/wiki/02-Create-Linux-virtual-machines#manually-create-linux-guests
@ -827,6 +829,17 @@ check the Discussions
 .PP
 \f[CR]quickget\f[R] automatically downloads a macOS recovery image and
 creates a virtual machine configuration.
+.PP
+Note: Some VPN users may need to \c
+.UR https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/issues/1391#issuecomment-3506845235
+turn off their VPN
+.UE \c
+\ in order to download a recovery image.
+Some other users may find \c
+.UR https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/issues/1391#issuecomment-2429146013
+using a VPN
+.UE \c
+\ necessary in order to download a recovery image.
 .IP
 .EX
 quickget macos big\-sur
@ -931,16 +944,16 @@ The default macOS configuration looks like this:
 .IP
 .EX
 guest_os=\(dqmacos\(dq
-img=\(dqmacos\- big\-sur/RecoveryImage.img\(dq
-disk_img=\(dqmacos\- big\-sur/disk.qcow2\(dq
-macos_release=\(dq big\-sur\(dq
+img=\(dqmacos\-big\-sur/RecoveryImage.img\(dq
+disk_img=\(dqmacos\-big\-sur/disk.qcow2\(dq
+macos_release=\(dqbig\-sur\(dq
 .EE
 .IP \(bu 2
 \f[CR]guest_os=\(dqmacos\(dq\f[R] instructs Quickemu to optimise for
 macOS.
 .IP \(bu 2
-\f[CR]macos_release=\(dq big\-sur\(dq\f[R] instructs Quickemu to
-optimise for a particular macOS release.
+\f[CR]macos_release=\(dqbig\-sur\(dq\f[R] instructs Quickemu to optimise
+for a particular macOS release.
 .RS 2
 .IP \(bu 2
 For example VirtIO Network and Memory Ballooning are available in Big
@ -1144,11 +1157,13 @@ Usage
 Arguments
  \-\-access                          : Enable remote spice access support. \(aqlocal\(aq (default), \(aqremote\(aq, \(aqclientipaddress\(aq
  \-\-braille                         : Enable braille support. Requires SDL.
+  \-\-cpu\-pinning                     : Choose which host cores correspond to which guest cores.
  \-\-delete\-disk                     : Delete the disk image and EFI variables
  \-\-delete\-vm                       : Delete the entire VM and its configuration
-  \-\-display                         : Select display backend. \(aqsdl\(aq (default), \(aqcocoa\(aq, \(aqgtk\(aq, \(aqnone\(aq, \(aqspice\(aq or \(aqspice\-app\(aq
+  \-\-display                         : Select display backend. \(aqgtk\(aq (default), \(aqsdl\(aq, \(aqcocoa\(aq, \(aqnone\(aq, \(aqspice\(aq or \(aqspice\-app\(aq
  \-\-fullscreen                      : Starts VM in full screen mode (Ctl+Alt+f to exit)
  \-\-ignore\-msrs\-always              : Configure KVM to always ignore unhandled machine\-specific registers
+  \-\-ignore\-tsc\-warning              : Skip TSC stability warning for macOS VMs on AMD
  \-\-kill                            : Kill the VM process if it is running
  \-\-offline                         : Override all network settings and start the VM offline
  \-\-shortcut                        : Create a desktop shortcut
@ -1174,7 +1189,7 @@ Arguments
  \-\-keyboard_layout <layout>        : Set keyboard layout: \(aqen\-us\(aq (default)
  \-\-mouse <type>                    : Set mouse. \(atOptions: \(aqtablet\(aq (default), \(aqps2\(aq, \(aqusb\(aq, \(aqvirtio\(aq
  \-\-usb\-controller <type>           : Set usb\-controller. \(atOptions: \(aqehci\(aq (default), \(aqxhci\(aq, \(aqnone\(aq
-  \-\-sound\-card <type>               : Set sound card. \(atOptions: \(aqintel\-hda\(aq (default), \(aqac97\(aq, \(aqes1370\(aq, \(aqsb16\(aq, \(aqusb\-audio\(aq, \(aqnone\(aq
+  \-\-sound\-card <type>               : Set sound card. \(atOptions: \(aqintel\-hda\(aq (default), \(aqac97\(aq, \(aqes1370\(aq, \(aqsb16\(aq, \(aqusb\-audio\(aq, \(aqvirtio\-sound\-pci\(aq, \(aqnone\(aq
  \-\-sound\-duplex <type>             : Set sound card duplex. \(atOptions: \(aqhda\-micro\(aq (default: speaker/mic), \(aqhda\-duplex\(aq (line\-in/line\-out), \(aqhda\-output\(aq (output\-only)
  \-\-extra_args <arguments>          : Pass additional arguments to qemu
  \-\-version                         : Print version
--- a/docs/quickemu.1.md
+++ b/docs/quickemu.1.md
@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 author: Martin Wimpress
-date: July 31, 2025
+date: February 2, 2026
 footer: quickemu
 header: Quickemu User Manual
 section: 1
@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ You can also pass optional parameters
 :   Delete the entire VM and its configuration

 **--display**
-:   Select display backend. 'sdl' (default), 'gtk', 'none', 'spice' or
-    'spice-app'
+:   Select display backend. 'gtk' (default), 'sdl', 'cocoa', 'none',
+    'spice' or 'spice-app'

 **--fullscreen**
 :   Starts VM in full screen mode (Ctl+Alt+f to exit)
@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ Haiku, KolibriOS, OpenIndiana, ReactOS, and more.
  Mojave
 - **Windows** 10 and 11 including TPM 2.0
 - **Windows Server** 2022 2019 2016
+- **ARM64 guest support** for running aarch64 VMs (native on ARM hosts,
+  emulated on x86_64)
 - [Ubuntu](https://ubuntu.com/desktop) and all the **[official Ubuntu
  flavours](https://ubuntu.com/download/flavours)**
 - **Nearly 1000 operating system editions are supported!**
@ -397,18 +399,23 @@ may have further information.
 You can also use `quickget` with advanced options :

 ``` text
-  --download      <os> <release> [edition] : Download image; no VM configuration
-  --create-config <os> [path/url] [flags]  : Create VM config for an OS image
-  --open-homepage <os>                     : Open homepage for the OS
-  --show          [os]                     : Show OS information
-  --version                                : Show version
-  --help                                   : Show this help message
-  --disable-unattended                     : Force quickget not to set up an unattended installation
-  --url           [os] [release] [edition] : Show image URL(s)
-  --check         [os] [release] [edition] : Check image URL(s)
-  --list                                   : List all supported systems
-  --list-csv                               : List everything in csv format
-  --list-json                              : List everything in json format
+   --arch           <arch>                    : Set architecture (arm64, aarch64, amd64, x86_64)
+   --download       <os> <release> [edition]  : Download image; no VM configuration
+   --create-config  <os> [path/url] [flags]   : Create VM config for an OS image
+   --open-homepage  <os>                      : Open homepage for the OS
+   --show           [os]                      : Show OS information
+   --version                                  : Show version
+   --help                                     : Show this help message
+------------------------------------ Flags -------------------------------------
+--create-config:
+  --disable-unattended                        : Force quickget not to set up an unattended installation
+-------------------------- For testing & development ---------------------------
+   --url            [os] [release] [edition]  : Show image URL(s)
+   --check          [os] [release] [edition]  : Check image URL(s)
+   --check-all-arch [os] [release] [edition]  : Check downloads for all architectures (amd64 and arm64)
+   --list                                     : List all supported systems
+   --list-csv                                 : List everything in csv format
+   --list-json                                : List everything in json format
 ```

 Here are some typical uses
@ -441,7 +448,7 @@ Further information is available from the project
 - `archcraft` (Archcraft)
 - `archlinux` (Arch Linux)
 - `artixlinux` (Artix Linux)
- `athenaos` (Athena OS)
+- `azurelinux` (Azure Linux)
 - `batocera` (Batocera)
 - `bazzite` (Bazzite)
 - `biglinux` (BigLinux)
@ -469,7 +476,6 @@ Further information is available from the project
 - `gnomeos` (GNOME OS)
 - `guix` (Guix)
 - `haiku` (Haiku)
- `holoiso` (HoloISO)
 - `kali` (Kali)
 - `kdeneon` (KDE Neon)
 - `kolibrios` (KolibriOS)
@ -506,16 +512,14 @@ Further information is available from the project
 - `slint` (Slint)
 - `slitaz` (SliTaz)
 - `solus` (Solus)
+- `sparkylinux` (SparkyLinux)
 - `spirallinux` (SpiralLinux)
 - `tails` (Tails)
 - `tinycore` (Tiny Core Linux)
- `trisquel` (Trisquel-)
- `truenas-core` (TrueNAS Core)
- `truenas-scale` (TrueNAS Scale)
+- `trisquel` (Trisquel)
 - `tuxedo-os` (Tuxedo OS)
 - `vanillaos` (Vanilla OS)
 - `void` (Void Linux)
- `vxlinux` (VX Linux)
 - `zorin` (Zorin OS)

 ### [Custom Linux guests](https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/wiki/02-Create-Linux-virtual-machines#manually-create-linux-guests)
@ -561,6 +565,13 @@ for solutions or ask for help there** 🛟
 `quickget` automatically downloads a macOS recovery image and creates a
 virtual machine configuration.

+Note: Some VPN users may need to [turn off their
+VPN](https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/issues/1391#issuecomment-3506845235)
+in order to download a recovery image. Some other users may find [using
+a
+VPN](https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/issues/1391#issuecomment-2429146013)
+necessary in order to download a recovery image.
+
 ``` shell
 quickget macos big-sur
 quickemu --vm macos-big-sur.conf
@ -635,13 +646,13 @@ The default macOS configuration looks like this:

 ``` shell
 guest_os="macos"
-img="macos- big-sur/RecoveryImage.img"
-disk_img="macos- big-sur/disk.qcow2"
-macos_release=" big-sur"
+img="macos-big-sur/RecoveryImage.img"
+disk_img="macos-big-sur/disk.qcow2"
+macos_release="big-sur"
 ```

 - `guest_os="macos"` instructs Quickemu to optimise for macOS.
- `macos_release=" big-sur"` instructs Quickemu to optimise for a
+- `macos_release="big-sur"` instructs Quickemu to optimise for a
  particular macOS release.
  - For example VirtIO Network and Memory Ballooning are available in
    Big Sur and newer, but not previous releases.
@ -758,11 +769,13 @@ Usage
 Arguments
  --access                          : Enable remote spice access support. 'local' (default), 'remote', 'clientipaddress'
  --braille                         : Enable braille support. Requires SDL.
+  --cpu-pinning                     : Choose which host cores correspond to which guest cores.
  --delete-disk                     : Delete the disk image and EFI variables
  --delete-vm                       : Delete the entire VM and its configuration
-  --display                         : Select display backend. 'sdl' (default), 'cocoa', 'gtk', 'none', 'spice' or 'spice-app'
+  --display                         : Select display backend. 'gtk' (default), 'sdl', 'cocoa', 'none', 'spice' or 'spice-app'
  --fullscreen                      : Starts VM in full screen mode (Ctl+Alt+f to exit)
  --ignore-msrs-always              : Configure KVM to always ignore unhandled machine-specific registers
+  --ignore-tsc-warning              : Skip TSC stability warning for macOS VMs on AMD
  --kill                            : Kill the VM process if it is running
  --offline                         : Override all network settings and start the VM offline
  --shortcut                        : Create a desktop shortcut
@ -788,7 +801,7 @@ Arguments
  --keyboard_layout <layout>        : Set keyboard layout: 'en-us' (default)
  --mouse <type>                    : Set mouse. @Options: 'tablet' (default), 'ps2', 'usb', 'virtio'
  --usb-controller <type>           : Set usb-controller. @Options: 'ehci' (default), 'xhci', 'none'
-  --sound-card <type>               : Set sound card. @Options: 'intel-hda' (default), 'ac97', 'es1370', 'sb16', 'usb-audio', 'none'
+  --sound-card <type>               : Set sound card. @Options: 'intel-hda' (default), 'ac97', 'es1370', 'sb16', 'usb-audio', 'virtio-sound-pci', 'none'
  --sound-duplex <type>             : Set sound card duplex. @Options: 'hda-micro' (default: speaker/mic), 'hda-duplex' (line-in/line-out), 'hda-output' (output-only)
  --extra_args <arguments>          : Pass additional arguments to qemu
  --version                         : Print version
--- a/docs/quickemu_conf.5
+++ b/docs/quickemu_conf.5
@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.\" Automatically generated by Pandoc 3.7.0.2
+.\" Automatically generated by Pandoc 3.8.3
 .\"
-.TH "QUICKEMU_CONF" "5" "July 31, 2025" "quickemu_conf" "Quickemu Configuration Manual"
+.TH "QUICKEMU_CONF" "5" "February 2, 2026" "quickemu_conf" "Quickemu Configuration Manual"
 .SH NAME
 quickemu_conf \- Options and parameters in the quickemu <vm>.conf
 .SH DESCRIPTION
--- a/docs/quickemu_conf.5.md
+++ b/docs/quickemu_conf.5.md
@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 author: Martin Wimpress
-date: July 31, 2025
+date: February 2, 2026
 footer: quickemu_conf
 header: Quickemu Configuration Manual
 section: 5
--- a/docs/quickget.1
+++ b/docs/quickget.1
@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.\" Automatically generated by Pandoc 3.7.0.2
+.\" Automatically generated by Pandoc 3.8.3
 .\"
-.TH "QUICKGET" "1" "July 31, 2025" "quickget" "Quickget User Manual"
+.TH "QUICKGET" "1" "February 2, 2026" "quickget" "Quickget User Manual"
 .SH NAME
 quickget \- download and prepare materials for building a quickemu VM
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@ -128,18 +128,23 @@ wiki
 You can also use \f[CR]quickget\f[R] with advanced options :
 .IP
 .EX
-  \-\-download      <os> <release> [edition] : Download image; no VM configuration
-  \-\-create\-config <os> [path/url] [flags]  : Create VM config for an OS image
-  \-\-open\-homepage <os>                     : Open homepage for the OS
-  \-\-show          [os]                     : Show OS information
-  \-\-version                                : Show version
-  \-\-help                                   : Show this help message
-  \-\-disable\-unattended                     : Force quickget not to set up an unattended installation
-  \-\-url           [os] [release] [edition] : Show image URL(s)
-  \-\-check         [os] [release] [edition] : Check image URL(s)
-  \-\-list                                   : List all supported systems
-  \-\-list\-csv                               : List everything in csv format
-  \-\-list\-json                              : List everything in json format
+   \-\-arch           <arch>                    : Set architecture (arm64, aarch64, amd64, x86_64)
+   \-\-download       <os> <release> [edition]  : Download image; no VM configuration
+   \-\-create\-config  <os> [path/url] [flags]   : Create VM config for an OS image
+   \-\-open\-homepage  <os>                      : Open homepage for the OS
+   \-\-show           [os]                      : Show OS information
+   \-\-version                                  : Show version
+   \-\-help                                     : Show this help message
+\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- Flags \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-
+\-\-create\-config:
+  \-\-disable\-unattended                        : Force quickget not to set up an unattended installation
+\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- For testing & development \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-
+   \-\-url            [os] [release] [edition]  : Show image URL(s)
+   \-\-check          [os] [release] [edition]  : Check image URL(s)
+   \-\-check\-all\-arch [os] [release] [edition]  : Check downloads for all architectures (amd64 and arm64)
+   \-\-list                                     : List all supported systems
+   \-\-list\-csv                                 : List everything in csv format
+   \-\-list\-json                                : List everything in json format
 .EE
 .PP
 Here are some typical uses
@ -180,7 +185,7 @@ wiki
 .IP \(bu 2
 \f[CR]artixlinux\f[R] (Artix Linux)
 .IP \(bu 2
-\f[CR]athenaos\f[R] (Athena OS)
+\f[CR]azurelinux\f[R] (Azure Linux)
 .IP \(bu 2
 \f[CR]batocera\f[R] (Batocera)
 .IP \(bu 2
@ -236,8 +241,6 @@ wiki
 .IP \(bu 2
 \f[CR]haiku\f[R] (Haiku)
 .IP \(bu 2
-\f[CR]holoiso\f[R] (HoloISO)
-.IP \(bu 2
 \f[CR]kali\f[R] (Kali)
 .IP \(bu 2
 \f[CR]kdeneon\f[R] (KDE Neon)
@ -310,17 +313,15 @@ wiki
 .IP \(bu 2
 \f[CR]solus\f[R] (Solus)
 .IP \(bu 2
+\f[CR]sparkylinux\f[R] (SparkyLinux)
+.IP \(bu 2
 \f[CR]spirallinux\f[R] (SpiralLinux)
 .IP \(bu 2
 \f[CR]tails\f[R] (Tails)
 .IP \(bu 2
 \f[CR]tinycore\f[R] (Tiny Core Linux)
 .IP \(bu 2
-\f[CR]trisquel\f[R] (Trisquel\-)
-.IP \(bu 2
-\f[CR]truenas\-core\f[R] (TrueNAS Core)
-.IP \(bu 2
-\f[CR]truenas\-scale\f[R] (TrueNAS Scale)
+\f[CR]trisquel\f[R] (Trisquel)
 .IP \(bu 2
 \f[CR]tuxedo\-os\f[R] (Tuxedo OS)
 .IP \(bu 2
@ -328,8 +329,6 @@ wiki
 .IP \(bu 2
 \f[CR]void\f[R] (Void Linux)
 .IP \(bu 2
-\f[CR]vxlinux\f[R] (VX Linux)
-.IP \(bu 2
 \f[CR]zorin\f[R] (Zorin OS)
 .SS \c
 .UR https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/wiki/02-Create-Linux-virtual-machines#manually-create-linux-guests
@ -385,6 +384,17 @@ check the Discussions
 .PP
 \f[CR]quickget\f[R] automatically downloads a macOS recovery image and
 creates a virtual machine configuration.
+.PP
+Note: Some VPN users may need to \c
+.UR https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/issues/1391#issuecomment-3506845235
+turn off their VPN
+.UE \c
+\ in order to download a recovery image.
+Some other users may find \c
+.UR https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/issues/1391#issuecomment-2429146013
+using a VPN
+.UE \c
+\ necessary in order to download a recovery image.
 .IP
 .EX
 quickget macos big\-sur
@ -497,8 +507,8 @@ macos_release=\(dqbig\-sur\(dq
 \f[CR]guest_os=\(dqmacos\(dq\f[R] instructs Quickemu to optimise for
 macOS.
 .IP \(bu 2
-\f[CR]macos_release=\(dq big\-sur\(dq\f[R] instructs Quickemu to
-optimise for a particular macOS release.
+\f[CR]macos_release=\(dqbig\-sur\(dq\f[R] instructs Quickemu to optimise
+for a particular macOS release.
 .RS 2
 .IP \(bu 2
 For example VirtIO Network and Memory Ballooning are available in Big
--- a/docs/quickget.1.md
+++ b/docs/quickget.1.md
@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 author: Martin Wimpress
-date: July 31, 2025
+date: February 2, 2026
 footer: quickget
 header: Quickget User Manual
 section: 1
@ -123,18 +123,23 @@ may have further information.
 You can also use `quickget` with advanced options :

 ``` text
-  --download      <os> <release> [edition] : Download image; no VM configuration
-  --create-config <os> [path/url] [flags]  : Create VM config for an OS image
-  --open-homepage <os>                     : Open homepage for the OS
-  --show          [os]                     : Show OS information
-  --version                                : Show version
-  --help                                   : Show this help message
-  --disable-unattended                     : Force quickget not to set up an unattended installation
-  --url           [os] [release] [edition] : Show image URL(s)
-  --check         [os] [release] [edition] : Check image URL(s)
-  --list                                   : List all supported systems
-  --list-csv                               : List everything in csv format
-  --list-json                              : List everything in json format
+   --arch           <arch>                    : Set architecture (arm64, aarch64, amd64, x86_64)
+   --download       <os> <release> [edition]  : Download image; no VM configuration
+   --create-config  <os> [path/url] [flags]   : Create VM config for an OS image
+   --open-homepage  <os>                      : Open homepage for the OS
+   --show           [os]                      : Show OS information
+   --version                                  : Show version
+   --help                                     : Show this help message
+------------------------------------ Flags -------------------------------------
+--create-config:
+  --disable-unattended                        : Force quickget not to set up an unattended installation
+-------------------------- For testing & development ---------------------------
+   --url            [os] [release] [edition]  : Show image URL(s)
+   --check          [os] [release] [edition]  : Check image URL(s)
+   --check-all-arch [os] [release] [edition]  : Check downloads for all architectures (amd64 and arm64)
+   --list                                     : List all supported systems
+   --list-csv                                 : List everything in csv format
+   --list-json                                : List everything in json format
 ```

 Here are some typical uses
@ -167,7 +172,7 @@ Further information is available from the project
 - `archcraft` (Archcraft)
 - `archlinux` (Arch Linux)
 - `artixlinux` (Artix Linux)
- `athenaos` (Athena OS)
+- `azurelinux` (Azure Linux)
 - `batocera` (Batocera)
 - `bazzite` (Bazzite)
 - `biglinux` (BigLinux)
@ -195,7 +200,6 @@ Further information is available from the project
 - `gnomeos` (GNOME OS)
 - `guix` (Guix)
 - `haiku` (Haiku)
- `holoiso` (HoloISO)
 - `kali` (Kali)
 - `kdeneon` (KDE Neon)
 - `kolibrios` (KolibriOS)
@ -232,16 +236,14 @@ Further information is available from the project
 - `slint` (Slint)
 - `slitaz` (SliTaz)
 - `solus` (Solus)
+- `sparkylinux` (SparkyLinux)
 - `spirallinux` (SpiralLinux)
 - `tails` (Tails)
 - `tinycore` (Tiny Core Linux)
- `trisquel` (Trisquel-)
- `truenas-core` (TrueNAS Core)
- `truenas-scale` (TrueNAS Scale)
+- `trisquel` (Trisquel)
 - `tuxedo-os` (Tuxedo OS)
 - `vanillaos` (Vanilla OS)
 - `void` (Void Linux)
- `vxlinux` (VX Linux)
 - `zorin` (Zorin OS)

 ### [Custom Linux guests](https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/wiki/02-Create-Linux-virtual-machines#manually-create-linux-guests)
@ -287,6 +289,13 @@ for solutions or ask for help there** 🛟
 `quickget` automatically downloads a macOS recovery image and creates a
 virtual machine configuration.

+Note: Some VPN users may need to [turn off their
+VPN](https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/issues/1391#issuecomment-3506845235)
+in order to download a recovery image. Some other users may find [using
+a
+VPN](https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/issues/1391#issuecomment-2429146013)
+necessary in order to download a recovery image.
+
 ``` shell
 quickget macos big-sur
 quickemu --vm macos-big-sur.conf
@ -361,13 +370,13 @@ The default macOS configuration looks like this:

 ``` shell
 guest_os="macos"
-img="macos- big-sur/RecoveryImage.img"
-disk_img="macos- big-sur/disk.qcow2"
-macos_release=" big-sur"
+img="macos-big-sur/RecoveryImage.img"
+disk_img="macos-big-sur/disk.qcow2"
+macos_release="big-sur"
 ```

 - `guest_os="macos"` instructs Quickemu to optimise for macOS.
- `macos_release=" big-sur"` instructs Quickemu to optimise for a
+- `macos_release="big-sur"` instructs Quickemu to optimise for a
  particular macOS release.
  - For example VirtIO Network and Memory Ballooning are available in
    Big Sur and newer, but not previous releases.
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
  "nodes": {
    "flake-schemas": {
      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1761577921,
-        "narHash": "sha256-eK3/xbUOrxp9fFlei09XNjqcdiHXxndzrTXp7jFpOk8=",
-        "rev": "47849c7625e223d36766968cc6dc23ba0e135922",
-        "revCount": 107,
+        "lastModified": 1775244557,
+        "narHash": "sha256-iYXRXIX9eafJmwJFAhqT3YxvvpNRuPFSLRCSpvGh8Ic=",
+        "rev": "15edbeeaf77e42216dbcba8bfd907fdeabb75a2b",
+        "revCount": 132,
        "type": "tarball",
-        "url": "https://api.flakehub.com/f/pinned/DeterminateSystems/flake-schemas/0.2.0/019a4a84-544d-7c59-b26d-e334e320c932/source.tar.gz"
+        "url": "https://api.flakehub.com/f/pinned/DeterminateSystems/flake-schemas/0.4.2/019d5cf2-ee3c-7313-964e-f3f83c35d509/source.tar.gz"
      },
      "original": {
        "type": "tarball",
@ -16,16 +16,18 @@
    },
    "nixpkgs": {
      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1768940263,
-        "narHash": "sha256-sJERJIYTKPFXkoz/gBaBtRKke82h4DkX3BBSsKbfbvI=",
-        "rev": "3ceaaa8bc963ced4d830e06ea2d0863b6490ff03",
-        "revCount": 906247,
-        "type": "tarball",
-        "url": "https://api.flakehub.com/f/pinned/NixOS/nixpkgs/0.2511.906247%2Brev-3ceaaa8bc963ced4d830e06ea2d0863b6490ff03/019be1ae-9947-752c-81ca-8b8670ae9892/source.tar.gz"
+        "lastModified": 1776877367,
+        "narHash": "sha256-EHq1/OX139R1RvBzOJ0aMRT3xnWyqtHBRUBuO1gFzjI=",
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "0726a0ecb6d4e08f6adced58726b95db924cef57",
+        "type": "github"
      },
      "original": {
-        "type": "tarball",
-        "url": "https://flakehub.com/f/NixOS/nixpkgs/%2A.tar.gz"
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
      }
    },
    "root": {
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  description = "Quickemu flake";
  inputs = {
    flake-schemas.url = "https://flakehub.com/f/DeterminateSystems/flake-schemas/*.tar.gz";
-    nixpkgs.url = "https://flakehub.com/f/NixOS/nixpkgs/*.tar.gz";
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
  };

  outputs =
@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
          let
            # OVMF is only available/needed on Linux
            ovmfArgs =
-              if final.stdenv.isLinux then
+              if final.stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux then
                { }
              else
                {
@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
        let
          # OVMF is only available/needed on Linux
          ovmfArgs =
-            if pkgs.stdenv.isLinux then
+            if pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux then
              { }
            else
              {
@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
        let
          # OVMF is only available/needed on Linux
          ovmfArgs =
-            if pkgs.stdenv.isLinux then
+            if pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux then
              { }
            else
              {
--- a/package.nix
+++ b/package.nix
@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
  zsync,
  OVMF ? null,
  OVMFFull ? null,
-  quickemu,
 }:
 let
  runtimePaths = [
@ -50,33 +49,35 @@ let
    xrandr
    zsync
  ]
-  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [
+  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [
    mesa-demos
    OVMF
    OVMFFull
    usbutils
    xdg-user-dirs
  ];
-  versionMatches = builtins.match ''
-    .*
-    readonly[[:blank:]]VERSION="([[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+)"
-    .*
-  '' (builtins.readFile ./quickemu);
+  # Extract version using builtins.split to avoid regex backtracking on large files.
+  # builtins.match with .* patterns on multi-kilobyte files can cause stack overflow.
+  versionParts = builtins.split "readonly VERSION=\"([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+)\"" (
+    builtins.readFile ./quickemu
+  );
+  version = builtins.elemAt (builtins.elemAt versionParts 1) 0;
 in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
  pname = "quickemu";
-  version = builtins.concatStringsSep "" versionMatches;
+  version = version;
  src = lib.cleanSource ./.;

  postPatch = ''
    sed -i \
      ${
        lib.optionalString (OVMF != null && OVMFFull != null) ''
-          -e '/OVMF_CODE_4M.secboot.fd/s|ovmfs=(|ovmfs=("${OVMFFull.firmware}","${OVMFFull.variables}" |' \
+          -e '/OVMF_CODE_4M.secboot.fd/s|ovmfs=(|ovmfs=("${OVMFFull.firmware}","${OVMFFull.variablesMs}" |' \
          -e '/OVMF_CODE_4M.fd/s|ovmfs=(|ovmfs=("${OVMF.firmware}","${OVMF.variables}" |' \
        ''
      } \
      -e '/cp "''${VARS_IN}" "''${VARS_OUT}"/a chmod +w "''${VARS_OUT}"' \
+      -e 's/Icon=.*qemu.svg/Icon=qemu/' \
      -e 's,\$(command -v smbd),${samba}/bin/smbd,' \
      quickemu
  '';
@ -103,11 +104,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
    runHook postInstall
  '';

-  passthru.tests = testers.testVersion { package = quickemu; };
+  passthru.tests = testers.testVersion { package = finalAttrs.finalPackage; };

  meta = {
    description = "Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux virtual machines";
    homepage = "https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.version}";
    mainProgram = "quickemu";
    license = lib.licenses.mit;
    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
@ -115,4 +117,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
      flexiondotorg
    ];
  };
-}
+})
--- a/1074
+++ b/1074
--- a/538
+++ b/538
@ -8,6 +8,20 @@ export LC_ALL=C
 # Detect host OS for checksum tool compatibility
 HOST_OS=$(uname -s)

+# Default architecture based on host
+HOST_ARCH=$(uname -m)
+case "${HOST_ARCH}" in
+    aarch64|arm64) ARCH="arm64";;
+    *) ARCH="amd64";;
+esac
+
+function arch_suffix() {
+    # Return architecture suffix for foreign architectures, empty for native
+    if [ "${ARCH}" != "${NORMALISED_HOST_ARCH}" ]; then
+        echo "-${ARCH}"
+    fi
+}
+
 function cleanup() {
    if [ -n "$(jobs -p)" ]; then
        kill "$(jobs -p)" 2>/dev/null
@ -27,6 +41,7 @@ function os_info() {
        archcraft)        INFO="Archcraft|-|https://archcraft.io/|Yet another minimal Linux distribution, based on Arch Linux.";;
        archlinux)        INFO="Arch Linux|-|https://archlinux.org/|Lightweight and flexible Linux® distribution that tries to Keep It Simple.";;
        artixlinux)       INFO="Artix Linux|-|https://artixlinux.org/|The Art of Linux. Simple. Fast. Systemd-free.";;
+        azurelinux)       INFO="Azure Linux|-|https://github.com/microsoft/azurelinux|Microsoft's internal Linux distribution for cloud infrastructure and edge.";;
        batocera)         INFO="Batocera|-|https://batocera.org/|Retro-gaming distribution with the aim of turning any computer/nano computer into a gaming console during a game or permanently.";;
        bazzite)          INFO="Bazzite|-|https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/|Container native gaming and a ready-to-game SteamOS like.";;
        biglinux)         INFO="BigLinux|-|https://www.biglinux.com.br/|Is the right choice if you want to have an easy and enriching experience with Linux. It has been perfected over more than 19 years, following our motto: 'In search of the perfect system'.";;
@ -157,10 +172,14 @@ function error_specify_release() {
        *ubuntu-server*)
            echo -en " - Releases:\t"
            releases_ubuntu-server
+            echo -en " - Archs:\t"
+            get_supported_archs "${OS}"
            ;;
        *ubuntu*)
            echo -en " - Releases:\t"
            releases_ubuntu
+            echo -en " - Archs:\t"
+            get_supported_archs "${OS}"
            ;;
        *windows*)
            echo -en " - Releases:\t"
@ -168,6 +187,7 @@ function error_specify_release() {
            echo -en " - Languages:\t"
            "languages_${OS}"
            echo "${I18NS[@]}"
+            # Windows uses multi-arch ISOs, skip architecture display
            ;;
        *)
            echo -en " - Releases:\t"
@ -176,6 +196,8 @@ function error_specify_release() {
                echo -en " - Editions:\t"
                "editions_${OS}" | fmt -w 80
            fi
+            echo -en " - Archs:\t"
+            get_supported_archs "${OS}"
            ;;
    esac
    echo -e "\nERROR! You must specify a release."
@ -344,6 +366,7 @@ function test_result() {
    local EDITION="${3:-}"
    local URL="${4:-}"
    local RESULT="${5:-}"
+    local REASON="${6:-}"
    if [ -n "${EDITION}" ]; then
        OS="${OS}-${RELEASE}-${EDITION}"
    else
@ -353,7 +376,11 @@ function test_result() {
    if [ -n "${RESULT}" ]; then
        # Pad the OS string for consistent output
        OS=$(printf "%-35s" "${OS}")
-        echo -e "${RESULT}: ${OS} ${URL}"
+        if [ -n "${REASON}" ]; then
+            echo -e "${RESULT}: ${OS} ${REASON}"
+        else
+            echo -e "${RESULT}: ${OS} ${URL}"
+        fi
    else
        OS=$(printf "%-36s" "${OS}:")
        echo -e "${OS} ${URL}"
@ -374,6 +401,11 @@ function test_all() {
    for RELEASE in $("releases_${FUNC}"); do
        if [[ $(type -t "editions_${OS}") == function ]]; then
            for EDITION in $(editions_"${OS}"); do
+                # Check architecture support before generating URL
+                if ! is_arch_supported "${OS}" "${ARCH}"; then
+                    test_result "${OS}" "${RELEASE}" "${EDITION}" "" "SKIP" "(not available for ${ARCH})"
+                    continue
+                fi
                validate_release releases_"${OS}"
                URL=$(get_"${OS}" | cut -d' ' -f1 | head -n 1)
                if [ "${OPERATION}" == "show" ]; then
@ -397,12 +429,27 @@ function test_all() {
            validate_release releases_macos
            (get_macos)
        elif [ "${OS}" == "ubuntu-server" ]; then
+            # Check architecture support before generating URL
+            if ! is_arch_supported "${OS}" "${ARCH}"; then
+                test_result "${OS}" "${RELEASE}" "" "" "SKIP" "(not available for ${ARCH})"
+                continue
+            fi
            validate_release releases_ubuntu-server
            (get_ubuntu-server)
        elif [[ "${OS}" == *ubuntu* ]]; then
+            # Ubuntu desktop is amd64 only (no arch function = amd64 default)
+            if ! is_arch_supported "${OS}" "${ARCH}"; then
+                test_result "${OS}" "${RELEASE}" "" "" "SKIP" "(not available for ${ARCH})"
+                continue
+            fi
            validate_release releases_ubuntu
            (get_ubuntu)
        else
+            # Check architecture support before generating URL
+            if ! is_arch_supported "${OS}" "${ARCH}"; then
+                test_result "${OS}" "${RELEASE}" "" "" "SKIP" "(not available for ${ARCH})"
+                continue
+            fi
            validate_release releases_"${OS}"
            URL=$(get_"${OS}" | cut -d' ' -f1 | head -n 1)
            if [ "${OPERATION}" == "show" ]; then
@ -423,6 +470,7 @@ function os_support() {
    archcraft \
    archlinux \
    artixlinux \
+    azurelinux \
    batocera \
    bazzite \
    biglinux \
@ -566,6 +614,10 @@ function editions_artixlinux() {
    echo $(web_pipe "https://mirror1.artixlinux.org/iso/" | grep "artix-" | cut -d'"' -f2 | grep -v sig | sed 's/artix-//' | sed 's/-[0-9]\{8\}-x86_64.iso//' | sort -u)
 }

+function releases_azurelinux() {
+    echo 3.0
+}
+
 function releases_batocera() {
    #shellcheck disable=SC2046,SC2005
    echo $(web_pipe "https://mirrors.o2switch.fr/batocera/x86_64/stable/" | grep ^\<a | cut -d'"' -f2 | cut -d '/' -f1 | grep -v '\.' | sort -ru | tail -n +2 | head -n 5)
@ -682,9 +734,9 @@ function releases_easyos() {
    # get the latest 2 years of releases so that when we hit next year we still have the latest 2 years
    TWO_YEARS=$(web_pipe https://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/releases/kirkstone/ | grep -o -E '[[:digit:]]{4}/' | sort -nr | tr -d /  | head -n 2 )
    for YEAR in ${TWO_YEARS} ; do
-        ALL_RELEASES="${ALL_RELEASES} $(web_pipe https://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/releases/kirkstone/${YEAR}/ | grep -o -E '[[:digit:]]+(\.[[:digit:]])+/' | tr -d / | sort -nr)"
+        ALL_RELEASES="${ALL_RELEASES} $(web_pipe "https://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/releases/kirkstone/${YEAR}/" | grep -o -E '[[:digit:]]+(\.[[:digit:]])+/' | tr -d / | sort -nr)"
    done
-    echo ${ALL_RELEASES}
+    echo "${ALL_RELEASES}"
 }


@ -909,7 +961,7 @@ function releases_parrotsec() {
            RELEASES="${RELEASES} ${REL}"
        fi
    done
-    echo ${RELEASES}
+    echo "${RELEASES}"
 }

 function editions_parrotsec() {
@ -981,7 +1033,7 @@ function releases_rebornos() {

 function releases_rockylinux() {
    #shellcheck disable=SC2046,SC2005
-    echo $(web_pipe "http://dl.rockylinux.org/vault/rocky/" | grep "^<a href" | grep -v full | grep -v RC | grep -v ISO | cut -d'"' -f2 | tr -d / | sort -ru)
+    echo $(web_pipe "http://dl.rockylinux.org/vault/rocky/" | grep "class=\"link" | grep -v -e 'full' -e  'RC' -e  'ISO' -e 'Parent' | cut -d'"' -f4 | tr -d / | sort -ru)
 }

 function editions_rockylinux() {
@ -1150,6 +1202,94 @@ function releases_zorin() {
    echo 18 17 16
 }

+# Architecture support functions
+# These declare which architectures each distro supports.
+# Distros without an arch_*() function default to "amd64" only.
+
+function arch_alma() {
+    echo "amd64 arm64"
+}
+
+function arch_alpine() {
+    echo "amd64 arm64"
+}
+
+function arch_azurelinux() {
+    echo "amd64 arm64"
+}
+
+function arch_debian() {
+    case "${EDITION}" in
+        netinst) echo "amd64 arm64";;
+        *) echo "amd64";;
+    esac
+}
+
+function arch_fedora() {
+    case "${EDITION}" in
+        Onyx) echo "amd64";;
+        *) echo "amd64 arm64";;
+    esac
+}
+
+function arch_ubuntu-server() {
+    echo "amd64 arm64"
+}
+
+function arch_ubuntu() {
+    # Ubuntu Desktop ARM64 only available from 25.10 onwards
+    local MAJOR MINOR
+    # When RELEASE is unset (initial arch check), return all supported architectures
+    # Actual validation happens in get_ubuntu() when release is known
+    if [ -z "${RELEASE}" ]; then
+        echo "amd64 arm64"
+        return
+    fi
+    # Non-numeric releases (daily-live, etc.) default to amd64 only
+    if [[ ! "${RELEASE}" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+        echo "amd64"
+        return
+    fi
+    MAJOR="${RELEASE%%.*}"
+    MINOR="${RELEASE##*.}"
+    # 25.10 and later support ARM64
+    if [ "${MAJOR}" -gt 25 ] || { [ "${MAJOR}" -eq 25 ] && [ "${MINOR}" -ge 10 ]; }; then
+        echo "amd64 arm64"
+    else
+        echo "amd64"
+    fi
+}
+
+# Check if a given architecture is supported for an OS
+function is_arch_supported() {
+    local OS="${1}"
+    local CHECK_ARCH="${2}"
+    local SUPPORTED=""
+
+    # Check if arch function exists for this OS
+    if [[ $(type -t "arch_${OS}") == function ]]; then
+        SUPPORTED=$(arch_"${OS}")
+    else
+        # Default: amd64 only
+        SUPPORTED="amd64"
+    fi
+
+    # Check if requested arch is in supported list
+    [[ " ${SUPPORTED} " == *" ${CHECK_ARCH} "* ]]
+}
+
+# Get supported architectures for an OS
+function get_supported_archs() {
+    local OS="${1}"
+    # Check if arch function exists for this OS
+    if [[ $(type -t "arch_${OS}") == function ]]; then
+        arch_"${OS}"
+    else
+        # Default: amd64 only
+        echo "amd64"
+    fi
+}
+
 function editions_zorin() {
    # Lite edition not available for Zorin 18 (Pro-only starting from 18)
    # When RELEASE is unset (e.g. csv_data context), return all editions
@ -1170,28 +1310,87 @@ function check_hash() {
        iso="${VM_PATH}/${1}"
    fi
    hash="${2}"
-    # Guess the hash algorithm by the hash length
-    case ${#hash} in
-        32) hash_algo=md5sum;;
-        40) hash_algo=sha1sum;;
-        64) hash_algo=sha256sum;;
-        128) hash_algo=sha512sum;;
-        *) echo "WARNING! Can't guess hash algorithm, not checking ${iso} hash."
-            return;;
-    esac

-    # Use GNU coreutils on macOS/Darwin (prefixed with 'g')
-    if [ "${HOST_OS}" = "Darwin" ]; then
-        case ${hash_algo} in
-            md5sum) hash_algo=gmd5sum;;
-            sha1sum) hash_algo=gsha1sum;;
-            sha256sum) hash_algo=gsha256sum;;
-            sha512sum) hash_algo=gsha512sum;;
+    # Check for algorithm prefix (e.g., "sha256:abc123..." or "b2sum:abc123...")
+    if [[ "${hash}" == *":"* ]]; then
+        local hash_prefix="${hash%%:*}"
+        hash="${hash#*:}"
+        # Normalise algorithm prefix to lowercase
+        hash_prefix="$(echo "${hash_prefix}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
+        case "${hash_prefix}" in
+            md5) hash_algo=md5sum;;
+            sha1) hash_algo=sha1sum;;
+            sha256) hash_algo=sha256sum;;
+            sha512) hash_algo=sha512sum;;
+            b2sum|blake2|blake2b) hash_algo=b2sum;;
+            *) echo "WARNING! Unknown hash algorithm '${hash_prefix}', not checking ${iso} hash."
+               return;;
+        esac
+    else
+        # Guess the hash algorithm by the hash length
+        case ${#hash} in
+            32) hash_algo=md5sum;;
+            40) hash_algo=sha1sum;;
+            64) hash_algo=sha256sum;;
+            128) hash_algo=sha512sum;;
+            *) echo "WARNING! Can't guess hash algorithm, not checking ${iso} hash."
+                return;;
        esac
    fi

-    echo -n "Checking ${iso} with ${hash_algo}... "
-    if ! echo "${hash} ${iso}" | ${hash_algo} --check --status; then
+    # On macOS/Darwin, prefer GNU coreutils (prefixed with 'g') if available,
+    # otherwise fall back to native 'shasum' command
+    local hash_cmd="${hash_algo}"
+    if [ "${HOST_OS}" = "Darwin" ]; then
+        case ${hash_algo} in
+            md5sum)
+                if command -v gmd5sum &>/dev/null; then
+                    hash_cmd=gmd5sum
+                else
+                    # MD5 not directly supported by shasum; use native md5 command
+                    hash_cmd="md5 -r"
+                fi;;
+            sha1sum)
+                if command -v gsha1sum &>/dev/null; then
+                    hash_cmd=gsha1sum
+                else
+                    hash_cmd="shasum -a 1"
+                fi;;
+            sha256sum)
+                if command -v gsha256sum &>/dev/null; then
+                    hash_cmd=gsha256sum
+                else
+                    hash_cmd="shasum -a 256"
+                fi;;
+            sha512sum)
+                if command -v gsha512sum &>/dev/null; then
+                    hash_cmd=gsha512sum
+                else
+                    hash_cmd="shasum -a 512"
+                fi;;
+            b2sum)
+                if command -v gb2sum &>/dev/null; then
+                    hash_cmd=gb2sum
+                else
+                    echo "WARNING! b2sum not available on macOS without GNU coreutils, not checking ${iso} hash."
+                    return
+                fi;;
+        esac
+    fi
+
+    echo -n "Checking ${iso} with ${hash_cmd}... "
+    # Handle MD5 on macOS specially (md5 -r outputs "hash filename" format)
+    if [ "${hash_cmd}" = "md5 -r" ]; then
+        local computed_hash
+        computed_hash=$(md5 -r "${iso}" | cut -d' ' -f1)
+        if [ "${computed_hash}" != "${hash}" ]; then
+            echo "ERROR!"
+            echo "${iso} doesn't match ${hash}. Try running 'quickget' again."
+            exit 1
+        else
+            echo "Good!"
+        fi
+    elif ! printf '%s  %s\n' "${hash}" "${iso}" | ${hash_cmd} --check --status; then
        echo "ERROR!"
        echo "${iso} doesn't match ${hash}. Try running 'quickget' again."
        exit 1
@ -1243,6 +1442,11 @@ function web_get() {
        test_result "${OS}" "${RELEASE}" "${EDITION}" "${URL}"
        exit 0
    elif [ "${OPERATION}" == "test" ]; then
+        # Check architecture support before testing URL
+        if ! is_arch_supported "${OS}" "${ARCH}"; then
+            test_result "${OS}" "${RELEASE}" "${EDITION}" "" "SKIP" "(not available for ${ARCH})"
+            exit 0
+        fi
        CHECK=$(web_check "${URL}" && echo "PASS" || echo "FAIL")
        test_result "${OS}" "${RELEASE}" "${EDITION}" "${URL}" "${CHECK}"
        exit 0
@ -1258,12 +1462,12 @@ function web_get() {
    if [[ ${OS} != windows && ${OS} != macos && ${OS} != windows-server ]]; then
        echo "Downloading $(pretty_name "${OS}") ${RELEASE} ${EDITION}"
        echo "- URL: ${URL}"
-        echo "- PATH: ${PWD}/${DIR}/${FILE}"
    fi

    if ! curl --disable --progress-bar --location --output "${DIR}/${FILE}" --continue-at - --user-agent "${USER_AGENT}" "${HEADERS[@]}" -- "${URL}"; then
        echo "ERROR! Failed to download ${URL} with curl."
        rm -f "${DIR}/${FILE}"
+        exit 1
    fi
 }

@ -1308,6 +1512,11 @@ function zsync_get() {
        test_result "${OS}" "${RELEASE}" "${EDITION}" "${URL}"
        exit 0
    elif [ "${OPERATION}" == "test" ]; then
+        # Check architecture support before testing URL
+        if ! is_arch_supported "${OS}" "${ARCH}"; then
+            test_result "${OS}" "${RELEASE}" "${EDITION}" "" "SKIP" "(not available for ${ARCH})"
+            exit 0
+        fi
        CHECK=$(web_check "${URL}" && echo "PASS" || echo "FAIL")
        test_result "${OS}" "${RELEASE}" "${EDITION}" "${URL}" "${CHECK}"
        exit 0
@ -1418,10 +1627,19 @@ function make_vm_config() {

    if [ ! -e "${CONF_FILE}" ]; then
        echo "Making ${CONF_FILE}"
+        local ARCH_LINE=""
+        if [ "${ARCH}" != "${NORMALISED_HOST_ARCH}" ]; then
+            if [ "${ARCH}" == "arm64" ]; then
+                ARCH_LINE="arch=\"aarch64\""
+            else
+                ARCH_LINE="arch=\"x86_64\""
+            fi
+        fi
        cat << EOF > "${CONF_FILE}"
 #!${QUICKEMU} --vm
 guest_os="${GUEST}"
-disk_img="${VM_PATH}/disk.qcow2"
+${ARCH_LINE:+${ARCH_LINE}
+}disk_img="${VM_PATH}/disk.qcow2"
 ${IMAGE_TYPE}="${VM_PATH}/${IMAGE_FILE}"
 EOF
        echo " - Setting ${CONF_FILE} executable"
@ -1441,7 +1659,7 @@ EOF
                echo "disk_size=\"8G\"" >> "${CONF_FILE}";;
            bazzite)
                echo "disk_size=\"64G\"" >> "${CONF_FILE}";;
-            dragonflybsd|haiku|openbsd|netbsd|slackware|slax|tails|tinycore)
+            dragonflybsd|haiku|openbsd|netbsd|slackware|slax|tinycore)
                echo "boot=\"legacy\"" >> "${CONF_FILE}";;
            deepin)
                echo "disk_size=\"64G\"" >> "${CONF_FILE}"
@ -1536,8 +1754,10 @@ EOF

 function get_alma() {
    local HASH=""
-    local ISO="AlmaLinux-${RELEASE}-latest-x86_64-${EDITION}.iso"
-    local URL="https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/${RELEASE}/isos/x86_64"
+    local QEMU_ARCH="x86_64"
+    [ "${ARCH}" == "arm64" ] && QEMU_ARCH="aarch64"
+    local ISO="AlmaLinux-${RELEASE}-latest-${QEMU_ARCH}-${EDITION}.iso"
+    local URL="https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/${RELEASE}/isos/${QEMU_ARCH}"
    HASH="$(web_pipe "${URL}/CHECKSUM" | grep "(${ISO}" | cut -d' ' -f4)"
    echo "${URL}/${ISO} ${HASH}"
 }
@ -1545,11 +1765,13 @@ function get_alma() {
 function get_alpine() {
    local HASH=""
    local ISO=""
-    local URL="https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/${RELEASE}/releases/x86_64"
+    local QEMU_ARCH="x86_64"
+    [ "${ARCH}" == "arm64" ] && QEMU_ARCH="aarch64"
+    local URL="https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/${RELEASE}/releases/${QEMU_ARCH}"
    local VERSION=""
-    VERSION=$(web_pipe "${URL}/latest-releases.yaml" | awk '/"Xen"/{found=0} {if(found) print} /"Virtual"/{found=1}' | grep 'version:' | awk '{print $2}')
-    ISO="alpine-virt-${VERSION}-x86_64.iso"
-    HASH=$(web_pipe "${URL}/latest-releases.yaml" | awk '/"Xen"/{found=0} {if(found) print} /"Virtual"/{found=1}' | grep 'sha256:' | awk '{print $2}')
+    VERSION=$(web_pipe "${URL}/latest-releases.yaml" | awk '/"Xen"/{found=0} {if(found) print} /"Virtual"/{found=1}' | grep 'version:' | head -1 | awk '{print $2}')
+    ISO="alpine-virt-${VERSION}-${QEMU_ARCH}.iso"
+    HASH=$(web_pipe "${URL}/latest-releases.yaml" | awk '/"Xen"/{found=0} {if(found) print} /"Virtual"/{found=1}' | grep 'sha256:' | head -1 | awk '{print $2}')
    echo "${URL}/${ISO} ${HASH}"
 }

@ -1600,9 +1822,14 @@ function get_antix() {

 function get_archcraft() {
    local HASH=""
+    local ISO=""
    local URL=""
+    local VERSION_FOLDER=""
    URL="https://sourceforge.net/projects/archcraft/files/${RELEASE}/download"
    URL="$(web_redirect "${URL}" | cut -d? -f1)"
+    ISO="$(basename "${URL}")"
+    VERSION_FOLDER="$(dirname "${URL}" | xargs basename)"
+    HASH=$(web_pipe "https://sourceforge.net/projects/archcraft/files/${VERSION_FOLDER}/${ISO}.sha256sum" | cut -d' ' -f1)
    echo "${URL} ${HASH}"
 }

@ -1624,6 +1851,15 @@ function get_artixlinux() {
    echo "${URL}/${ISO} ${HASH}"
 }

+function get_azurelinux() {
+    local QEMU_ARCH="x86_64"
+    [ "${ARCH}" == "arm64" ] && QEMU_ARCH="aarch64"
+    local URL="https://aka.ms/azurelinux-${RELEASE}-${QEMU_ARCH}.iso"
+    local ISO
+    ISO="$(web_redirect "${URL}")"
+    echo "${ISO}"
+}
+
 function get_batocera() {
    local HASH=""
    local ISO=""
@ -1717,13 +1953,21 @@ function get_crunchbang++() {
 }

 function get_debian() {
+    local DEBIAN_ARCH="${ARCH}"
    local DEBCURRENT=""
    local HASH=""
-    local ISO="debian-live-${RELEASE}-amd64-${EDITION}.iso"
-    local URL="https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/${RELEASE}-live/amd64/iso-hybrid"
+    local ISO="debian-live-${RELEASE}-${DEBIAN_ARCH}-${EDITION}.iso"
+    local URL="https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/${RELEASE}-live/${DEBIAN_ARCH}/iso-hybrid"
+
+    # Debian only provides netinst images for ARM64
+    if [ "${DEBIAN_ARCH}" == "arm64" ] && [ "${EDITION}" != "netinst" ]; then
+        echo "ERROR! Debian ${EDITION} is not available for ARM64. Use 'netinst' edition."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
    DEBCURRENT=$(web_pipe "https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/" | grep '\.[0-9]/' | cut -d'>' -f 9 | cut -d'/' -f 1)
    case "${RELEASE}" in
-        "${DEBCURRENT}") URL="https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/${RELEASE}-live/amd64/iso-hybrid";;
+        "${DEBCURRENT}") URL="https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/${RELEASE}-live/${DEBIAN_ARCH}/iso-hybrid";;
    esac
    if [ "${EDITION}" == "netinst" ]; then
        URL="${URL/-live/}"
@ -1842,11 +2086,15 @@ function get_endless() {
 }

 function get_fedora() {
+    local FEDORA_ARCH="x86_64"
    local HASH=""
    local ISO=""
    local JSON=""
    local URL=""
    local VARIANT=""
+
+    [ "${ARCH}" == "arm64" ] && FEDORA_ARCH="aarch64"
+
    case ${EDITION} in
        Server|Kinoite|Onyx|Silverblue|Sericea|Workstation|KDE) VARIANT="${EDITION}";;
        *) VARIANT="Spins";;
@ -1864,12 +2112,10 @@ function get_fedora() {
        RELEASE="${RELEASE/_/ }"
    fi

-
-
    # shellcheck disable=SC2086
    # Fedora may promote variants from Spins to Editions, in which case we want to accept either "Spins" or the specific edition name to preserve backwards compatibility
    # For example, Fedora 42 KDE is now an edition, while previous releases are spins
-    JSON=$(web_pipe "https://getfedora.org/releases.json" | jq '.[] | select((.variant=="'"${VARIANT}"'" or .variant=="'"${EDITION}"'") and .subvariant=="'"${EDITION}"'" and .arch=="x86_64" and .version=="'"${RELEASE}"'" and (.link | endswith(".iso")))')
+    JSON=$(web_pipe "https://getfedora.org/releases.json" | jq '.[] | select((.variant=="'"${VARIANT}"'" or .variant=="'"${EDITION}"'") and .subvariant=="'"${EDITION}"'" and .arch=="'"${FEDORA_ARCH}"'" and .version=="'"${RELEASE}"'" and (.link | endswith(".iso")))')
    URL=$(echo "${JSON}" | jq -r '.link' | head -n1)
    HASH=$(echo "${JSON}" | jq -r '.sha256' | head -n1)
    echo "${URL} ${HASH}"
@ -1987,6 +2233,7 @@ function get_kolibrios() {
    local HASH=""
    local ISO="latest-iso.7z"
    local URL="http://builds.kolibrios.org/${EDITION}"
+    HASH=$(web_pipe "${URL}/sha256sums.txt" | grep "${ISO}" | cut -d' ' -f1)
    echo "${URL}/${ISO} ${HASH}"
 }

@ -2016,9 +2263,12 @@ function get_lmde() {

 function get_maboxlinux() {
    local HASH=""
+    local ISO=""
    local URL=""
    URL="https://sourceforge.net/projects/mabox-linux/files/${RELEASE}/download"
    URL="$(web_redirect "${URL}" | cut -d? -f1)"
+    ISO="$(basename "${URL}")"
+    HASH=$(web_pipe "https://repo.maboxlinux.org/iso/${ISO}.md5" | cut -d' ' -f1)
    echo "${URL} ${HASH}"
 }

@ -2148,11 +2398,14 @@ function get_macos() {
            rm "${VM_PATH}/RecoveryImage.dmg" "${VM_PATH}/RecoveryImage.chunklist"
            echo " - RecoveryImage.img is ready."
        fi
+
        echo "Downloading OpenCore & UEFI firmware"
-        web_get "https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM/raw/master/OpenCore/OpenCore.qcow2" "${VM_PATH}"
-        web_get "https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM/raw/master/OVMF_CODE.fd" "${VM_PATH}"
+        # Pin to last known-good commit; OVMF_CODE.fd was removed from master on 26 Jan 2026
+        local OSX_KVM_COMMIT="da4b23b5e92c5b939568700034367e8b7649fe90"
+        web_get "https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM/raw/${OSX_KVM_COMMIT}/OpenCore/OpenCore.qcow2" "${VM_PATH}"
+        web_get "https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM/raw/${OSX_KVM_COMMIT}/OVMF_CODE.fd" "${VM_PATH}"
        if [ ! -e "${VM_PATH}/OVMF_VARS-1920x1080.fd" ]; then
-            web_get "https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM/raw/master/OVMF_VARS-1920x1080.fd" "${VM_PATH}"
+            web_get "https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM/raw/${OSX_KVM_COMMIT}/OVMF_VARS-1920x1080.fd" "${VM_PATH}"
        fi
    fi
    make_vm_config RecoveryImage.img
@ -2430,13 +2683,12 @@ function get_rebornos() {
 }

 function get_rockylinux() {
-    if [[ "${RELEASE}" =~ ^8. ]] && [[ "${EDITION}" == "dvd" ]]; then
+    if { [[ "${RELEASE}" =~ ^8. ]] || [[ "${RELEASE}" =~ ^10. ]]; } && [[ "${EDITION}" == "dvd" ]]; then
        EDITION="dvd1"
    fi
    local HASH=""
    local ISO="Rocky-${RELEASE}-x86_64-${EDITION}.iso"
-    local URL=""
-    URL="https://dl.rockylinux.org/vault/rocky/${RELEASE}/isos/x86_64"
+    local URL="https://dl.rockylinux.org/vault/rocky/${RELEASE}/isos/x86_64"
    HASH=$(web_pipe "${URL}/CHECKSUM" | grep "SHA256" | grep "${ISO})" | cut -d' ' -f4)
    echo "${URL}/${ISO} ${HASH}"
 }
@ -2581,13 +2833,18 @@ function get_tuxedo-os() {
 }

 function get_ubuntu-server() {
+    local DATA=""
    local HASH=""
    local ISO=""
    local NAME="live-server"
+    local UBUNTU_ARCH="${ARCH}"
    local URL=""

    if [[ "${RELEASE}" == "daily"* ]]; then
        URL="https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/${OS}/${RELEASE}/current"
+    elif [ "${UBUNTU_ARCH}" == "arm64" ]; then
+        # ARM64 ISOs are hosted on cdimage.ubuntu.com
+        URL="https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/${RELEASE}/release"
    else
        URL="https://releases.ubuntu.com/${RELEASE}"
    fi
@ -2597,11 +2854,11 @@ function get_ubuntu-server() {
    esac

    if web_check "${URL}/SHA256SUMS"; then
-        DATA=$(web_pipe "${URL}/SHA256SUMS" | grep "${NAME}" | grep amd64 | grep iso | tail -n 1 )
+        DATA=$(web_pipe "${URL}/SHA256SUMS" | grep "${NAME}" | grep "${UBUNTU_ARCH}" | grep iso | tail -n 1 )
        ISO=$(cut -d'*' -f2 <<<"${DATA}")
        HASH=$(cut -d' ' -f1 <<<"${DATA}")
    else
-        DATA=$(web_pipe "${URL}/MD5SUMS" | grep "${NAME}" | grep amd64 | grep iso | tail -n 1 )
+        DATA=$(web_pipe "${URL}/MD5SUMS" | grep "${NAME}" | grep "${UBUNTU_ARCH}" | grep iso | tail -n 1 )
        ISO=$(cut -d' ' -f3 <<<"${DATA}")
        HASH=$(cut -d' ' -f1 <<<"${DATA}")
    fi
@ -2616,10 +2873,22 @@ function get_ubuntu-server() {
 }

 function get_ubuntu() {
-    local ISO=""
-    local HASH=""
-    local URL=""
    local DATA=""
+    local HASH=""
+    local ISO=""
+    local UBUNTU_ARCH="${ARCH}"
+    local URL=""
+
+    # Validate architecture support now that RELEASE is known
+    if ! is_arch_supported "${OS}" "${UBUNTU_ARCH}"; then
+        if [ "${OPERATION}" == "test" ] || [ "${OPERATION}" == "show" ]; then
+            test_result "${OS}" "${RELEASE}" "" "" "SKIP" "(not available for ${UBUNTU_ARCH})"
+            exit 0
+        else
+            echo "ERROR! $(pretty_name "${OS}") ${RELEASE} is not available for ${UBUNTU_ARCH} architecture."
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi

    if [[ "${RELEASE}" == "daily"* ]] && [ "${OS}" == "ubuntustudio" ]; then
        # Ubuntu Studio daily-live images are in the dvd directory
@ -2631,21 +2900,24 @@ function get_ubuntu() {
        else
            URL="https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/${OS}/jammy/daily-live/current"
        fi
-        VM_PATH="${OS}-jammy-live"
+        VM_PATH="${OS}-jammy-live$(arch_suffix)"
    elif [[ "${RELEASE}" == "daily"* ]] || [ "${RELEASE}" == "dvd" ]; then
        URL="https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/${OS}/${RELEASE}/current"
-        VM_PATH="${OS}-${RELEASE}"
+        VM_PATH="${OS}-${RELEASE}$(arch_suffix)"
+    elif [ "${OS}" == "ubuntu" ] && [ "${UBUNTU_ARCH}" == "arm64" ]; then
+        # ARM64 desktop ISOs are hosted on cdimage.ubuntu.com
+        URL="https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/${RELEASE}/release"
    elif [ "${OS}" == "ubuntu" ]; then
        URL="https://releases.ubuntu.com/${RELEASE}"
    else
        URL="https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/${OS}/releases/${RELEASE}/release"
    fi
    if web_check "${URL}/SHA256SUMS"; then
-        DATA=$(web_pipe "${URL}/SHA256SUMS" | grep 'desktop\|dvd\|install' | grep amd64 | grep iso | grep -v "+mac" | tail -n 1 )
+        DATA=$(web_pipe "${URL}/SHA256SUMS" | grep 'desktop\|dvd\|install' | grep "${UBUNTU_ARCH}" | grep iso | grep -v "+mac" | tail -n 1 )
        ISO=$(cut -d'*' -f2 <<<"${DATA}" | sed '1q;d')
        HASH=$(cut -d' ' -f1 <<<"${DATA}" | sed '1q;d')
    else
-        DATA=$(web_pipe "${URL}/MD5SUMS" | grep 'desktop\|dvd\|install' | grep amd64 | grep iso | grep -v "+mac" | tail -n 1 )
+        DATA=$(web_pipe "${URL}/MD5SUMS" | grep 'desktop\|dvd\|install' | grep "${UBUNTU_ARCH}" | grep iso | grep -v "+mac" | tail -n 1 )
        ISO=$(cut -d'*' -f2 <<<"${DATA}")
        HASH=$(cut -d' ' -f1 <<<"${DATA}")
    fi
@ -3346,7 +3618,10 @@ function create_vm() {
            if [[ ${ISO} = *".gz"* ]]; then
                gzip -d "${VM_PATH}/${ISO}"
                ISO="${ISO/.gz/}"
-            fi;;
+            fi
+            # Resize the raw image to provide space for Batocera's partition expansion
+            require_qemu_img
+            ${QEMU_IMG} resize -f raw "${VM_PATH}/${ISO}" 128G;;
        dragonflybsd)
            #  Could be other OS iso files compressed with bzip2 or gzip
            #  but for now we'll keep this to know cases
@ -3488,21 +3763,23 @@ Advanced usage:
  quickget --download ubuntu 22.04

 Arguments:
-  --download      <os> <release> [edition] : Download image; no VM configuration
-  --create-config <os> [path/url] [flags]  : Create VM config for an OS image
-  --open-homepage <os>                     : Open homepage for the OS
-  --show          [os]                     : Show OS information
-  --version                                : Show version
-  --help                                   : Show this help message
+   --arch           <arch>                    : Set architecture (arm64, aarch64, amd64, x86_64)
+   --download       <os> <release> [edition]  : Download image; no VM configuration
+   --create-config  <os> [path/url] [flags]   : Create VM config for an OS image
+   --open-homepage  <os>                      : Open homepage for the OS
+   --show           [os]                      : Show OS information
+   --version                                  : Show version
+   --help                                     : Show this help message
 ------------------------------------ Flags -------------------------------------
 --create-config:
-  --disable-unattended                     : Force quickget not to set up an unattended installation
+  --disable-unattended                        : Force quickget not to set up an unattended installation
 -------------------------- For testing & development ---------------------------
-  --url           [os] [release] [edition] : Show image URL(s)
-  --check         [os] [release] [edition] : Check image URL(s)
-  --list                                   : List all supported systems
-  --list-csv                               : List everything in csv format
-  --list-json                              : List everything in json format
+   --url            [os] [release] [edition]  : Show image URL(s)
+   --check          [os] [release] [edition]  : Check image URL(s)
+   --check-all-arch [os] [release] [edition]  : Check downloads for all architectures (amd64 and arm64)
+   --list                                     : List all supported systems
+   --list-csv                                 : List everything in csv format
+   --list-json                                : List everything in json format
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Supported Operating Systems:\n\n' "$(${QUICKEMU} --version)" "${CURL_VERSION}"
@ -3519,6 +3796,9 @@ fi
 QUICKEMU=$(resolve_quickemu)
 I18NS=()
 OPERATION=""
+CHECK_ALL_ARCH="false"
+# Normalised host architecture for foreign arch detection
+NORMALISED_HOST_ARCH="${ARCH}"
 CURL=$(command -v curl)
 if [ ! -x "${CURL}" ]; then
    echo "ERROR! curl not found. Please install curl"
@ -3527,10 +3807,33 @@ fi
 CURL_VERSION=$("${CURL}" --version | head -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f2)

 #TODO: Deprecate `list`, `list_csv`, and `list_json` in favor of `--list`, `--list-csv`, and `--list-json`
+
+# Function to process --arch flag
+function parse_arch_flag() {
+    if [ "${1}" == "--arch" ] || [ "${1}" == "-arch" ]; then
+        case "${2}" in
+            arm64|aarch64) ARCH="arm64";;
+            amd64|x86_64) ARCH="amd64";;
+            *) echo "ERROR! Unsupported architecture: ${2}"; exit 1;;
+        esac
+        return 0  # Flag was found
+    fi
+    return 1  # Flag was not found
+}
+
+# Process --arch flag first if present (can be combined with other flags)
+if parse_arch_flag "${1}" "${2}"; then
+    shift 2
+fi
+
 case "${1}" in
    --download|-download)
        OPERATION="download"
        shift
+        # Handle --arch after --download
+        if parse_arch_flag "${1}" "${2}"; then
+            shift 2
+        fi
        ;;
    --create-config|-create-config)
        OPERATION="config"
@ -3561,6 +3864,10 @@ case "${1}" in
    --url|-url)
        OPERATION="show"
        shift
+        # Handle --arch after --url
+        if parse_arch_flag "${1}" "${2}"; then
+            shift 2
+        fi
        if [ -z "${1}" ]; then
            for OS in $(os_support); do
                (test_all "${OS}")
@ -3573,6 +3880,10 @@ case "${1}" in
    --check|-check)
        OPERATION="test"
        shift
+        # Handle --arch after --check
+        if parse_arch_flag "${1}" "${2}"; then
+            shift 2
+        fi
        if [ -z "${1}" ]; then
            for OS in $(os_support); do
                (test_all "${OS}")
@ -3582,6 +3893,25 @@ case "${1}" in
            test_all "${1}"
            exit 0
        fi;;
+    --check-all-arch|-check-all-arch)
+        OPERATION="test"
+        CHECK_ALL_ARCH="true"
+        shift
+        if [ -z "${1}" ]; then
+            for CHECK_ARCH in amd64 arm64; do
+                ARCH="${CHECK_ARCH}"
+                for OS in $(os_support); do
+                    (test_all "${OS}")
+                done
+            done
+            exit 0
+        elif [ -z "${2}" ]; then
+            for CHECK_ARCH in amd64 arm64; do
+                ARCH="${CHECK_ARCH}"
+                test_all "${1}"
+            done
+            exit 0
+        fi;;
    --list-csv|-list-csv|list|list_csv) list_csv;;
    --list-json|-list-json|list_json) list_json;;
    --list|-list) list_supported;;
@ -3596,9 +3926,69 @@ fi

 os_supported

+# Handle --check-all-arch for specific release/edition
+if [ "${CHECK_ALL_ARCH}" == "true" ] && [ -n "${2}" ]; then
+    RELEASE="${2}"
+    EDITION="${3:-}"
+    for CHECK_ARCH in amd64 arm64; do
+        ARCH="${CHECK_ARCH}"
+        # Check architecture support before testing URL
+        if ! is_arch_supported "${OS}" "${ARCH}"; then
+            if [ -n "${EDITION}" ]; then
+                test_result "${OS}" "${RELEASE}" "${EDITION}" "" "SKIP" "(not available for ${ARCH})"
+            else
+                test_result "${OS}" "${RELEASE}" "" "" "SKIP" "(not available for ${ARCH})"
+            fi
+            continue
+        fi
+        # Validate release
+        case ${OS} in
+            *ubuntu-server*) validate_release releases_ubuntu-server;;
+            *ubuntu*) validate_release releases_ubuntu;;
+            *) validate_release "releases_${OS}";;
+        esac
+        # Generate and check URL
+        if [[ $(type -t "editions_${OS}") == function ]] && [ -n "${EDITION}" ]; then
+            URL=$(get_"${OS}" | cut -d' ' -f1 | head -n 1)
+        elif [ "${OS}" == "macos" ]; then
+            (get_macos)
+            continue
+        elif [[ "${OS}" == *"ubuntu-server"* ]]; then
+            (get_ubuntu-server)
+            continue
+        elif [[ "${OS}" == *"ubuntu"* ]]; then
+            (get_ubuntu)
+            continue
+        elif [[ "${OS}" == "windows"* ]]; then
+            test_result "${OS}" "${RELEASE}" "${EDITION}" "" "SKIP" "(Windows not supported in check mode)"
+            continue
+        else
+            URL=$(get_"${OS}" | cut -d' ' -f1 | head -n 1)
+        fi
+        CHECK=$(web_check "${URL}" && echo "PASS" || echo "FAIL")
+        test_result "${OS}" "${RELEASE}" "${EDITION}" "${URL}" "${CHECK}"
+    done
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# Validate architecture support before attempting download
+# Skip for OSes with editions_* functions - they have edition-dependent arch support
+# and will be validated after EDITION is parsed
+if [[ $(type -t "editions_${OS}") != function ]]; then
+    if ! is_arch_supported "${OS}" "${ARCH}"; then
+        if [ "${OPERATION}" == "test" ] || [ "${OPERATION}" == "show" ]; then
+            test_result "${OS}" "${2:-}" "${3:-}" "" "SKIP" "(not available for ${ARCH})"
+            exit 0
+        else
+            echo "ERROR! $(pretty_name "${OS}") is not available for ${ARCH} architecture."
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+fi
+
 if [ -n "${2}" ]; then
    RELEASE="${2}"
-    VM_PATH="${OS}-${RELEASE}"
+    VM_PATH="${OS}-${RELEASE}$(arch_suffix)"
    # If the OS has an editions_() function, use it.
    if [[ $(type -t "editions_${OS}") == function ]]; then
        validate_release "releases_${OS}"
@ -3620,8 +4010,18 @@ if [ -n "${2}" ]; then
            echo -e "\nERROR! You must specify an edition."
            exit 1
        fi
+        # Now that EDITION is known, validate architecture support
+        if ! is_arch_supported "${OS}" "${ARCH}"; then
+            if [ "${OPERATION}" == "test" ] || [ "${OPERATION}" == "show" ]; then
+                test_result "${OS}" "${RELEASE}" "${EDITION}" "" "SKIP" "(not available for ${ARCH})"
+                exit 0
+            else
+                echo "ERROR! $(pretty_name "${OS}") ${EDITION} is not available for ${ARCH} architecture."
+                exit 1
+            fi
+        fi
        handle_missing
-        VM_PATH="${OS}-${RELEASE}-${EDITION}"
+        VM_PATH="${OS}-${RELEASE}-${EDITION}$(arch_suffix)"
        create_vm "$("get_${OS}" "${EDITION}")"
    elif [ "${OS}" == "macos" ]; then
        # macOS doesn't use create_vm()
@ -3644,7 +4044,7 @@ if [ -n "${2}" ]; then
            if ! is_valid_language "${I18N}"; then
                error_not_supported_lang
            fi
-            VM_PATH="$(echo "${OS}-${RELEASE}-${I18N// /-}" | tr -d '()')"
+            VM_PATH="$(echo "${OS}-${RELEASE}-${I18N// /-}" | tr -d '()')$(arch_suffix)"
        fi
        validate_release "releases_${OS}"
        get_windows