# Are custom sysimages cross-platform for the same Julia version?

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/are-custom-sysimages-cross-platform-for-the-same-julia-version/46764
**Category:** New to Julia
**Tags:** question, package-compiler, sysimage
**Created:** [September 17, 2020, 9:09am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/are-custom-sysimages-cross-platform-for-the-same-julia-version/46764 "2020-09-17T09:09:52Z")
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### Author: ![dcastel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/dcastel/32/10692_2.png) [@dcastel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dcastel)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2020, 9:09am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/are-custom-sysimages-cross-platform-for-the-same-julia-version/46764/1 "2020-09-17T09:09:52Z")

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Hi all,

I was wondering the sysimages of [PackageCompiler](https://github.com/JuliaLang/PackageCompiler.jl) are they cross-platform for the same Julia version? Furthermore (and related) do the sysimages contain lowered LLVM code or do they actually contain platform specific assembly?

kr,  
Dieter

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### Author: ![xiaodai](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/xiaodai/32/15937_2.png) [@xiaodai](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xiaodai)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2020, 10:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/are-custom-sysimages-cross-platform-for-the-same-julia-version/46764/2 "2020-09-17T10:16:12Z")

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Yeah. It’s docs somewhere. It’s not cross-platform

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### Author: ![kristoffer.carlsson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kristoffer.carlsson/32/22_2.png) [@kristoffer.carlsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kristoffer.carlsson)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2020, 10:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/are-custom-sysimages-cross-platform-for-the-same-julia-version/46764/3 "2020-09-17T10:37:23Z")

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> [@dcastel](#):
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> contain lowered LLVM code or do they actually contain platform specific assembly?

They contain among other things native code (assembly).
