{"id":"linuxserver-qemu-static","name":"qemu-static","af_score":18.2,"security_score":46.0,"reliability_score":32.5,"what_it_does":"qemu-static provides static QEMU user-mode and system-mode binaries (e.g., qemu-*-static) intended to run foreign-architecture executables and systems without installing dynamic QEMU libraries on the target. It is commonly used in container/build contexts to emulate other CPU architectures via binfmt_misc and related tooling.","best_when":"You need quick, portable cross-architecture execution (often in containers/CI) and can accept the emulation overhead and operational considerations of QEMU.","avoid_when":"You cannot tolerate emulation overhead, or your threat model doesn’t allow executing untrusted guest binaries under emulation.","last_evaluated":"2026-04-04T21:36:27.093786+00:00","has_mcp":false,"has_api":false,"auth_methods":[],"has_free_tier":false,"known_gotchas":["This is not an API package; agents must interact via filesystem/command execution and OS configuration (e.g., binfmt_misc).","Emulation behavior depends heavily on host CPU, kernel/binfmt_misc configuration, and the guest architecture binaries.","Running untrusted binaries under emulation can have different security implications than native execution."],"error_quality":0.0}