diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 682a191..5181a7c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -99,5 +99,5 @@ if(BUILD_TESTING)
   add_test(NAME tuxreaperd-zombie-tests
            COMMAND sh ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/test_tuxreaperd.sh
                    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/tuxreaperd
-                   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/tuxreaperd.c)
+                   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/tuxreaperdgnu.c)
 endif()
diff --git a/DEVLOG.md b/DEVLOG.md
index 636bffb..2e95b36 100644
--- a/DEVLOG.md
+++ b/DEVLOG.md
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ This release introduces `tuxreaperd`, a micro init system for containers.
 
 ### Micro init
 
-- Added `tuxreaperd.c`, a small C daemon used as PID 1 inside containers created by tux-dock.
-- Runs as a subreaper (`PR_SET_CHILD_SUBREAPER`) with a SIGCHLD handler that reaps every reparented/terminated descendant, so orphaned processes never accumulate as zombies.
-- Forwards SIGTERM/SIGINT/SIGHUP to the primary workload and propagates its exit status (128 + signal for signal deaths).
-- `compile.sh` statically builds it (`gcc -O2 -static -Wall -Wextra tuxreaperd.c -o build/tuxreaperd`) alongside the rest of the tree.
+- Split the reaper into two implementations:
+  - `tuxreaperdgnu.c`: the original standard POSIX/libc daemon used as PID 1 inside containers created by tux-dock.
+  - `tuxreaperdasm.c`: a new freestanding `-nostdlib` syscall engine for `x86_64` and `aarch64` with a tiny static footprint.
+- Both run as subreapers (`PR_SET_CHILD_SUBREAPER`) with a SIGCHLD handler that reaps every reparented/terminated descendant, so orphaned processes never accumulate as zombies.
+- Both forward SIGTERM/SIGINT/SIGHUP to the primary workload and propagate its exit status (128 + signal for signal deaths).
+- `compile.sh` detects the host architecture and builds the freestanding implementation when possible, falling back to `tuxreaperdgnu.c` on failure or unsupported hosts.
 - `DockerManager::createContainer` bind-mounts `tuxreaperd` into the container as PID 1 and resolves the binary next to the `tux-dock` executable when it is not in the current directory.
 
 ### Tests
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7f3cac4..752202b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ sudo ./build/tux-dock
 ./compile.sh --web-test-view 9000
 ```
 
-`compile.sh` also statically builds the `tuxreaperd` micro init (`gcc -O2 -static -Wall -Wextra tuxreaperd.c -o build/tuxreaperd`) so containers can be created with it as PID 1.
+`compile.sh` builds the `tuxreaperd` micro init before the main project. On supported hosts (`x86_64`/`amd64`/`aarch64`/`arm64`) it first tries the freestanding syscall implementation in `tuxreaperdasm.c`; on other architectures, or if the freestanding build fails, it falls back to the standard POSIX implementation in `tuxreaperdgnu.c`.
 
 The web report is generated under `/tmp` and includes exact CTest output, test summaries, Docker integration output, a text rendition of the TUI flow, and the tuxreaperd zombie-reaping results. It requires `nc`, `netcat`, or Nmap's `ncat`; press `Ctrl-C` to stop the server. The default port is `8095`; pass a port after `--web-test-view` to override it. `--web-test-view --no-test` is invalid. Normal test runs include a Docker integration test using `debian:forky`, so Docker must be available. On systems with 1 GB or less of available memory, the script automatically uses a smaller build configuration and a single build job.
 
diff --git a/compile.sh b/compile.sh
index 2e2aa7b..79163b9 100755
--- a/compile.sh
+++ b/compile.sh
@@ -78,7 +78,28 @@ command -v gcc >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
     printf '%s\n' "gcc is required to build tuxreaperd" >&2
     exit 1
 }
-gcc -O2 -static -Wall -Wextra tuxreaperd.c -o build/tuxreaperd
+
+host_arch=$(uname -m)
+asm_archs='x86_64 amd64 aarch64 arm64'
+build_tuxreaperd() {
+    case " $asm_archs " in
+        *" $host_arch "*)
+            printf '%s\n' "[compile] Building freestanding tuxreaperd for $host_arch"
+            if gcc -nostdlib -static -fno-stack-protector -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables \
+                   -fno-builtin -O2 -s -Wl,--build-id=none -Wl,-z,noseparate-code \
+                   -Wall -Wextra tuxreaperdasm.c -o build/tuxreaperd 2>/tmp/tuxreaperd-asm-build.log; then
+                printf '%s\n' "[compile] Freestanding tuxreaperd built successfully"
+                return 0
+            fi
+            printf '%s\n' "[compile] Freestanding build failed, falling back to libc implementation" >&2
+            cat /tmp/tuxreaperd-asm-build.log >&2
+            ;;
+    esac
+
+    printf '%s\n' "[compile] Building standard tuxreaperd for $host_arch"
+    gcc -O2 -static -Wall -Wextra tuxreaperdgnu.c -o build/tuxreaperd
+}
+build_tuxreaperd
 
 CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL="$build_jobs" cmake --build build
 
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index ab1f386..13974b3 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ void TuxDockApp::ActionExecDetachedCommand() {
 }
 
 void TuxDockApp::ActionAbout() {
-    OpenMessage("About Tux-Dock", "Tux-Dock 0.2-beta | Created by markmental");
+    OpenMessage("About Tux-Dock", "Tux-Dock 0.3-beta | Created by markmental");
 }
 
 void TuxDockApp::ExecuteSelectedAction() {
diff --git a/tuxreaperdasm.c b/tuxreaperdasm.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f8c17e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tuxreaperdasm.c
@@ -0,0 +1,488 @@
+struct k_sigaction {
+    void (*handler)(int);
+    unsigned long flags;
+    void (*restorer)(void);
+    unsigned long mask;
+};
+
+#if defined(__x86_64__)
+
+static inline long sys_write(int fd, const void *buf, long n) {
+    long ret;
+    __asm__ volatile (
+        "syscall"
+        : "=a"(ret)
+        : "a"(1), "D"((long)fd), "S"(buf), "d"(n)
+        : "rcx", "r11", "memory"
+    );
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static inline long sys_exit_group(int status) {
+    long ret;
+    __asm__ volatile (
+        "syscall"
+        : "=a"(ret)
+        : "a"(231), "D"((long)status)
+        : "rcx", "r11", "memory"
+    );
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static inline long sys_fork(void) {
+    long ret;
+    __asm__ volatile (
+        "syscall"
+        : "=a"(ret)
+        : "a"(57)
+        : "rcx", "r11", "memory"
+    );
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static inline long sys_execve(const char *path, char *const argv[], char *const envp[]) {
+    long ret;
+    __asm__ volatile (
+        "syscall"
+        : "=a"(ret)
+        : "a"(59), "D"(path), "S"(argv), "d"(envp)
+        : "rcx", "r11", "memory"
+    );
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static inline long sys_wait4(long pid, int *status, int options, void *rusage) {
+    long ret;
+    register long r10 __asm__("r10") = (long)rusage;
+    __asm__ volatile (
+        "syscall"
+        : "=a"(ret)
+        : "a"(61), "D"(pid), "S"(status), "d"(options), "r"(r10)
+        : "rcx", "r11", "memory"
+    );
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static inline long sys_kill(long pid, int sig) {
+    long ret;
+    __asm__ volatile (
+        "syscall"
+        : "=a"(ret)
+        : "a"(62), "D"(pid), "S"((long)sig)
+        : "rcx", "r11", "memory"
+    );
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static inline long sys_prctl(int option, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3,
+                             unsigned long arg4, unsigned long arg5) {
+    long ret;
+    register long r10 __asm__("r10") = (long)arg4;
+    register long r8 __asm__("r8") = (long)arg5;
+    __asm__ volatile (
+        "syscall"
+        : "=a"(ret)
+        : "a"(157), "D"((long)option), "S"(arg2), "d"(arg3), "r"(r10), "r"(r8)
+        : "rcx", "r11", "memory"
+    );
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static inline long sys_rt_sigaction(int sig, const struct k_sigaction *act,
+                                    struct k_sigaction *oldact, unsigned long sigsetsize) {
+    long ret;
+    register long r10 __asm__("r10") = (long)sigsetsize;
+    __asm__ volatile (
+        "syscall"
+        : "=a"(ret)
+        : "a"(13), "D"((long)sig), "S"(act), "d"(oldact), "r"(r10)
+        : "rcx", "r11", "memory"
+    );
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static inline long sys_rt_sigprocmask(int how, const unsigned long *set,
+                                      unsigned long *oldset, unsigned long sigsetsize) {
+    long ret;
+    register long r10 __asm__("r10") = (long)sigsetsize;
+    __asm__ volatile (
+        "syscall"
+        : "=a"(ret)
+        : "a"(14), "D"((long)how), "S"(set), "d"(oldset), "r"(r10)
+        : "rcx", "r11", "memory"
+    );
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static inline long sys_rt_sigsuspend(const unsigned long *mask, unsigned long sigsetsize) {
+    long ret;
+    __asm__ volatile (
+        "syscall"
+        : "=a"(ret)
+        : "a"(130), "D"(mask), "S"(sigsetsize)
+        : "rcx", "r11", "memory"
+    );
+    return ret;
+}
+
+__asm__(
+    ".text\n"
+    ".globl restore_rt\n"
+    "restore_rt:\n"
+    "    movq $15, %rax\n"
+    "    syscall\n"
+);
+
+__asm__(
+    ".text\n"
+    ".globl _start\n"
+    "_start:\n"
+    "    xorl %ebp, %ebp\n"
+    "    movq (%rsp), %rdi\n"      /* argc */
+    "    leaq 8(%rsp), %rsi\n"     /* argv */
+    "    movq %rsi, %rdx\n"        /* scan pointer = argv */
+    "1:\n"
+    "    addq $8, %rdx\n"
+    "    cmpq $0, (%rdx)\n"
+    "    jne 1b\n"
+    "    addq $8, %rdx\n"          /* envp */
+    "    andq $-16, %rsp\n"        /* align stack */
+    "    call main\n"
+    "    movq %rax, %rdi\n"
+    "    movq $231, %rax\n"        /* exit_group */
+    "    syscall\n"
+);
+
+#elif defined(__aarch64__)
+
+static inline long sys_write(int fd, const void *buf, long n) {
+    register long x8 __asm__("x8") = 64;
+    register long x0 __asm__("x0") = fd;
+    register long x1 __asm__("x1") = (long)buf;
+    register long x2 __asm__("x2") = n;
+    __asm__ volatile (
+        "svc #0"
+        : "+r"(x0)
+        : "r"(x8), "r"(x1), "r"(x2)
+        : "memory", "cc"
+    );
+    return x0;
+}
+
+static inline long sys_exit_group(int status) {
+    register long x8 __asm__("x8") = 94;
+    register long x0 __asm__("x0") = status;
+    __asm__ volatile (
+        "svc #0"
+        : "+r"(x0)
+        : "r"(x8)
+        : "memory", "cc"
+    );
+    return x0;
+}
+
+static inline long sys_fork(void) {
+    /* AArch64 has no legacy fork syscall; clone(SIGCHLD, 0) gives fork semantics. */
+    register long x8 __asm__("x8") = 220;  /* __NR_clone */
+    register long x0 __asm__("x0") = 17;   /* SIGCHLD */
+    register long x1 __asm__("x1") = 0;    /* newsp = 0 */
+    __asm__ volatile (
+        "svc #0"
+        : "+r"(x0)
+        : "r"(x8), "r"(x1)
+        : "memory", "cc"
+    );
+    return x0;
+}
+
+static inline long sys_execve(const char *path, char *const argv[], char *const envp[]) {
+    register long x8 __asm__("x8") = 221;
+    register long x0 __asm__("x0") = (long)path;
+    register long x1 __asm__("x1") = (long)argv;
+    register long x2 __asm__("x2") = (long)envp;
+    __asm__ volatile (
+        "svc #0"
+        : "+r"(x0)
+        : "r"(x8), "r"(x1), "r"(x2)
+        : "memory", "cc"
+    );
+    return x0;
+}
+
+static inline long sys_wait4(long pid, int *status, int options, void *rusage) {
+    register long x8 __asm__("x8") = 260;
+    register long x0 __asm__("x0") = pid;
+    register long x1 __asm__("x1") = (long)status;
+    register long x2 __asm__("x2") = options;
+    register long x3 __asm__("x3") = (long)rusage;
+    __asm__ volatile (
+        "svc #0"
+        : "+r"(x0)
+        : "r"(x8), "r"(x1), "r"(x2), "r"(x3)
+        : "memory", "cc"
+    );
+    return x0;
+}
+
+static inline long sys_kill(long pid, int sig) {
+    register long x8 __asm__("x8") = 129;
+    register long x0 __asm__("x0") = pid;
+    register long x1 __asm__("x1") = sig;
+    __asm__ volatile (
+        "svc #0"
+        : "+r"(x0)
+        : "r"(x8), "r"(x1)
+        : "memory", "cc"
+    );
+    return x0;
+}
+
+static inline long sys_prctl(int option, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3,
+                             unsigned long arg4, unsigned long arg5) {
+    register long x8 __asm__("x8") = 167;
+    register long x0 __asm__("x0") = option;
+    register long x1 __asm__("x1") = arg2;
+    register long x2 __asm__("x2") = arg3;
+    register long x3 __asm__("x3") = arg4;
+    register long x4 __asm__("x4") = arg5;
+    __asm__ volatile (
+        "svc #0"
+        : "+r"(x0)
+        : "r"(x8), "r"(x1), "r"(x2), "r"(x3), "r"(x4)
+        : "memory", "cc"
+    );
+    return x0;
+}
+
+static inline long sys_rt_sigaction(int sig, const struct k_sigaction *act,
+                                    struct k_sigaction *oldact, unsigned long sigsetsize) {
+    register long x8 __asm__("x8") = 134;
+    register long x0 __asm__("x0") = sig;
+    register long x1 __asm__("x1") = (long)act;
+    register long x2 __asm__("x2") = (long)oldact;
+    register long x3 __asm__("x3") = sigsetsize;
+    __asm__ volatile (
+        "svc #0"
+        : "+r"(x0)
+        : "r"(x8), "r"(x1), "r"(x2), "r"(x3)
+        : "memory", "cc"
+    );
+    return x0;
+}
+
+static inline long sys_rt_sigprocmask(int how, const unsigned long *set,
+                                      unsigned long *oldset, unsigned long sigsetsize) {
+    register long x8 __asm__("x8") = 135;
+    register long x0 __asm__("x0") = how;
+    register long x1 __asm__("x1") = (long)set;
+    register long x2 __asm__("x2") = (long)oldset;
+    register long x3 __asm__("x3") = sigsetsize;
+    __asm__ volatile (
+        "svc #0"
+        : "+r"(x0)
+        : "r"(x8), "r"(x1), "r"(x2), "r"(x3)
+        : "memory", "cc"
+    );
+    return x0;
+}
+
+static inline long sys_rt_sigsuspend(const unsigned long *mask, unsigned long sigsetsize) {
+    register long x8 __asm__("x8") = 133;
+    register long x0 __asm__("x0") = (long)mask;
+    register long x1 __asm__("x1") = sigsetsize;
+    __asm__ volatile (
+        "svc #0"
+        : "+r"(x0)
+        : "r"(x8), "r"(x1)
+        : "memory", "cc"
+    );
+    return x0;
+}
+
+__asm__(
+    ".text\n"
+    ".globl restore_rt\n"
+    "restore_rt:\n"
+    "    mov x8, #139\n"
+    "    svc #0\n"
+);
+
+__asm__(
+    ".text\n"
+    ".globl _start\n"
+    "_start:\n"
+    "    ldr x0, [sp]\n"          /* argc */
+    "    add x1, sp, #8\n"        /* argv */
+    "    mov x2, x1\n"            /* scan pointer = argv */
+    "1:\n"
+    "    ldr x3, [x2]\n"
+    "    add x2, x2, #8\n"
+    "    cbnz x3, 1b\n"          /* x2 now points to envp */
+    "    mov x4, sp\n"
+    "    bic x4, x4, #15\n"      /* align stack via scratch register */
+    "    mov sp, x4\n"
+    "    bl main\n"
+    "    mov x8, #94\n"           /* exit_group */
+    "    svc #0\n"
+);
+
+#else
+#error "tuxreaperdasm.c supports x86_64 and aarch64 only"
+#endif
+
+static long my_strlen(const char *s) {
+    long n = 0;
+    while (s[n]) n++;
+    return n;
+}
+
+static int my_strncmp(const char *a, const char *b, long n) {
+    for (long i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+        unsigned char ca = a[i];
+        unsigned char cb = b[i];
+        if (ca != cb) return (int)ca - (int)cb;
+        if (ca == 0) return 0;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static const char *my_strchr(const char *s, char c) {
+    while (*s) {
+        if (*s == c) return s;
+        s++;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static void my_memcpy(char *dst, const char *src, long n) {
+    for (long i = 0; i < n; i++) dst[i] = src[i];
+}
+
+static const char *my_getenv(const char *name, char *const *envp) {
+    long nlen = my_strlen(name);
+    for (int i = 0; envp[i]; i++) {
+        if (my_strncmp(envp[i], name, nlen) == 0 && envp[i][nlen] == '=') {
+            return envp[i] + nlen + 1;
+        }
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static void my_execvp(const char *file, char *const argv[], char *const envp[]) {
+    if (my_strchr(file, '/')) {
+        sys_execve(file, argv, envp);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const char *path = my_getenv("PATH", envp);
+    if (!path) path = "/bin:/usr/bin";
+
+    long flen = my_strlen(file);
+    const char *p = path;
+
+    while (*p) {
+        const char *colon = my_strchr(p, ':');
+        long dirlen = colon ? (colon - p) : my_strlen(p);
+        char full[512];
+
+        if (dirlen + 1 + flen + 1 <= (long)sizeof(full)) {
+            my_memcpy(full, p, dirlen);
+            full[dirlen] = '/';
+            my_memcpy(full + dirlen + 1, file, flen);
+            full[dirlen + 1 + flen] = '\0';
+            sys_execve(full, argv, envp);
+        }
+
+        if (!colon) break;
+        p = colon + 1;
+    }
+}
+
+static volatile long g_main_child = 0;
+static volatile int g_child_exited = 0;
+static volatile int g_main_status = 0;
+
+static void forward_sig(int sig) {
+    if (g_main_child > 0) {
+        sys_kill(g_main_child, sig);
+    }
+}
+
+static void sigchld_handler(int sig) {
+    (void)sig;
+    int status;
+    long pid;
+
+    while ((pid = sys_wait4(-1, &status, 1 /* WNOHANG */, 0)) > 0) {
+        if (pid == g_main_child) {
+            g_child_exited = 1;
+            g_main_status = status;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#define WIFEXITED(s)   (((s) & 0x7f) == 0)
+#define WEXITSTATUS(s) (((s) >> 8) & 0xff)
+#define WIFSIGNALED(s) ((((s) & 0x7f) != 0) && (((s) & 0x7f) != 0x7f))
+#define WTERMSIG(s)    ((s) & 0x7f)
+
+void restore_rt(void);
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp) {
+    if (argc < 2) {
+        static const char usage[] = "Usage: tuxreaperd <command> [args...]\n";
+        sys_write(2, usage, sizeof(usage) - 1);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    if (sys_prctl(36 /* PR_SET_CHILD_SUBREAPER */, 1, 0, 0, 0) < 0) {
+        static const char err[] = "prctl(PR_SET_CHILD_SUBREAPER) failed\n";
+        sys_write(2, err, sizeof(err) - 1);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    struct k_sigaction sa;
+    sa.handler = sigchld_handler;
+    sa.flags = 0x10000000 /* SA_RESTART */ | 1 /* SA_NOCLDSTOP */ | 0x04000000 /* SA_RESTORER */;
+    sa.restorer = restore_rt;
+    sa.mask = 0;
+    sys_rt_sigaction(17 /* SIGCHLD */, &sa, 0, sizeof(sa.mask));
+
+    sa.handler = forward_sig;
+    sa.flags = 0x10000000 /* SA_RESTART */ | 0x04000000 /* SA_RESTORER */;
+    sa.restorer = restore_rt;
+    sa.mask = 0;
+    sys_rt_sigaction(15 /* SIGTERM */, &sa, 0, sizeof(sa.mask));
+    sys_rt_sigaction(2 /* SIGINT */, &sa, 0, sizeof(sa.mask));
+    sys_rt_sigaction(1 /* SIGHUP */, &sa, 0, sizeof(sa.mask));
+
+    unsigned long block_mask =
+        (1UL << (17 - 1)) | (1UL << (15 - 1)) |
+        (1UL << (2 - 1))  | (1UL << (1 - 1));
+    unsigned long old_mask;
+    sys_rt_sigprocmask(0 /* SIG_BLOCK */, &block_mask, &old_mask, sizeof(block_mask));
+
+    g_main_child = sys_fork();
+    if (g_main_child == 0) {
+        sys_rt_sigprocmask(2 /* SIG_SETMASK */, &old_mask, 0, sizeof(old_mask));
+        my_execvp(argv[1], &argv[1], envp);
+        static const char err[] = "execvp failed\n";
+        sys_write(2, err, sizeof(err) - 1);
+        sys_exit_group(127);
+    }
+
+    while (!g_child_exited) {
+        sys_rt_sigsuspend(&old_mask, sizeof(old_mask));
+    }
+
+    int status;
+    while (sys_wait4(-1, &status, 1 /* WNOHANG */, 0) > 0);
+
+    if (WIFEXITED(g_main_status)) {
+        return WEXITSTATUS(g_main_status);
+    } else if (WIFSIGNALED(g_main_status)) {
+        return 128 + WTERMSIG(g_main_status);
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tuxreaperd.c b/tuxreaperdgnu.c
similarity index 99%
rename from tuxreaperd.c
rename to tuxreaperdgnu.c
index c61da3d..9474474 100644
--- a/tuxreaperd.c
+++ b/tuxreaperdgnu.c
@@ -88,4 +88,3 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
     return 0;
 }
-