---
name: "qbe"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "qbe"
version: "1.2-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/qbe"
---

# qbe(1)

small embeddable C compiler backend

## NAME

**qbe** – small embeddable C compiler backend

## SYNOPSIS

**qbe** \[**-h**\] \[**-o** *file*\] \[**-t** *target*\] \[**-d** *flags*\] \[*file.ssa* \| **-**\]

## DESCRIPTION

The options are as follows:

- **-h**

  Prints the help message and exits.

- **-o** *file*

  Output to file.

- **-t** *target*

  Generate for a target among: amd64\_sysv (default), amd64\_apple, arm64, arm64\_apple, riscv.

- **-d** *flags*

  Dump debug information.