GNU Assembler

GNU Assembler

Developer(s)	GNU Project
Stable release	GNU Binutils 2.43.1[1]  / 17 August 2024; 3 months ago (17 August 2024)
Written in	C
Platform	Cross-platform
Type	Assembler
License	GNU General Public License v3
Website	www.gnu.org/software/binutils/

The GNU Assembler, commonly known as gas or as, is the assembler developed by the GNU Project. It is the default back-end of GCC. It is used to assemble the GNU operating system and the Linux kernel, and various other software. It is a part of the GNU Binutils package.

The GAS executable is named as, the standard name for a Unix assembler. GAS is cross-platform, and both runs on and assembles for a number of different computer architectures. GAS is free software released under the GNU General Public License v3.