Linkers

linkers (9)

GNU ld

• vendor: GNU
• url: https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/
• category: linker
• platforms: linux, windows, freebsd, macos
• description: Classic BFD linker from GNU binutils, supports many object formats and architectures
• note: Part of GNU binutils; versions follow binutils releases

GNU gold

• vendor: GNU
• url: https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/
• category: linker
• platforms: linux, freebsd
• description: Faster ELF-only linker from GNU binutils, designed as a replacement for ld on ELF targets
• note: Part of GNU binutils; versions follow binutils releases. ELF-only.

lld

• vendor: LLVM
• url: https://lld.llvm.org/
• category: linker
• platforms: linux, windows, macos, freebsd
• description: LLVM's high-performance linker, supports ELF, COFF, Mach-O, and WebAssembly
• note: Part of the LLVM project; versions follow LLVM releases

mold

• vendor: Rui Ueyama
• url: https://github.com/rui314/mold
• category: linker
• platforms: linux, macos, freebsd
• description: Extremely fast drop-in replacement linker for ELF and Mach-O

62 releases

version	date	tag
2.40.4	2025-08-17	v2.40.4
2.40.3	2025-07-30	v2.40.3
2.40.2	2025-07-12	v2.40.2
2.40.1	2025-06-09	v2.40.1
2.40.0	2025-05-26	v2.40.0
2.39.1	2025-05-12	v2.39.1
2.39.0	2025-05-05	v2.39.0
2.38.1	2025-04-28	v2.38.1
2.38.0	2025-04-27	v2.38.0
2.37.1	2025-03-12	v2.37.1
2.37.0	2025-03-06	v2.37.0
2.36.0	2025-01-09	v2.36.0
2.35.1	2024-12-16	v2.35.1
2.35.0	2024-12-08	v2.35.0
2.34.1	2024-10-04	v2.34.1
2.34.0	2024-09-25	v2.34.0
2.33.0	2024-08-07	v2.33.0
2.32.1	2024-06-27	v2.32.1
2.32.0	2024-06-09	v2.32.0
2.31.0	2024-05-03	v2.31.0
2.30.0	2024-03-16	v2.30.0
2.4.1	2024-03-01	v2.4.1
2.4.0	2023-11-30	v2.4.0
2.3.3	2023-11-14	v2.3.3
2.3.2	2023-11-04	v2.3.2
2.3.1	2023-10-20	v2.3.1
2.3.0	2023-10-18	v2.3.0
2.2.0	2023-09-24	v2.2.0
2.1.0	2023-08-13	v2.1.0
2.0.0	2023-07-26	v2.0.0
1.11.0	2023-03-16	v1.11.0
1.10.1	2023-01-22	v1.10.1
1.10.0	2023-01-20	v1.10.0
1.9.0	2023-01-06	v1.9.0
1.8.0	2022-12-26	v1.8.0
1.7.1	2022-11-18	v1.7.1
1.7.0	2022-11-13	v1.7.0
1.6.0	2022-10-19	v1.6.0
1.5.1	2022-09-29	v1.5.1
1.5.0	2022-09-27	v1.5.0
1.4.2	2022-09-04	v1.4.2
1.4.1	2022-08-18	v1.4.1
1.4.0	2022-08-05	v1.4.0
1.3.1	2022-07-01	v1.3.1
1.3.0	2022-06-18	v1.3.0
1.2.1	2022-04-28	v1.2.1
1.2.0	2022-04-15	v1.2.0
1.1.1	2022-03-08	v1.1.1
1.1	2022-02-21	v1.1
1.0.3	2022-01-30	v1.0.3
1.0.2	2022-01-23	v1.0.2
1.0.1	2021-12-31	v1.0.1
1.0.0	2021-12-15	v1.0.0
0.9.6	2021-09-27	v0.9.6
0.9.5	2021-09-07	v0.9.5
0.9.4	2021-08-28	v0.9.4
0.9.3	2021-07-21	v0.9.3
0.9.2	2021-07-12	v0.9.2
0.9.1	2021-06-29	v0.9.1
0.9	2021-06-29	v0.9
0.1.1	2021-05-21	v0.1.1
0.1	2021-05-04	v0.1

Apple ld64

• vendor: Apple
• url: https://developer.apple.com/xcode/
• category: linker
• platforms: macos
• description: Apple's native Mach-O linker, ships with Xcode and Apple Command Line Tools
• note: Proprietary; distributed as part of Xcode. No standalone releases.

MSVC link.exe

• vendor: Microsoft
• url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/reference/linker-options
• category: linker
• platforms: windows
• description: Microsoft's linker for PE/COFF, ships with Visual Studio and MSVC Build Tools
• note: Proprietary; distributed as part of Visual Studio / MSVC Build Tools. No standalone releases.

ld64.lld

• vendor: LLVM
• url: https://lld.llvm.org/
• category: linker
• platforms: macos, linux
• description: LLVM's Mach-O linker backend, used as lld on macOS targets
• note: Part of the LLVM project (lld's Mach-O backend); versions follow LLVM releases

wasm-ld

• vendor: LLVM
• url: https://lld.llvm.org/WebAssembly.html
• category: linker
• platforms: linux, windows, macos
• description: LLVM's WebAssembly linker backend, links .wasm object files
• note: Part of the LLVM project (lld's WebAssembly backend); versions follow LLVM releases

sold

• vendor: Blue Whale Systems
• url: https://github.com/bluewhalesystems/sold
• category: linker
• platforms: linux
• description: Fork of mold optimized for production use, with commercial support
• note: No GitHub releases published as of 2026-04-05