U-Boot Alternatives
U-Boot is described as 'The "Universal Bootloader" ("Das U-Boot") is a monitor program.Free Software: full source code under GPLhosted on SourceForge:'. There are five alternatives to U-Boot for Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and Haiku. The best alternative is coreboot, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like U-Boot are Libreboot (Free, Open Source), SeaBios (Free, Open Source), petitboot (Free, Open Source) and XTIDE Universal BIOS (Free, Open Source).
- coreboot is an extended firmware platform that delivers a lightning fast and secure boot experience on modern computers and embedded systems. View 8 alternatives to coreboot
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- Libreboot is a distribution of coreboot with proprietary blobs removed. View 8 alternatives to Libreboot
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- SeaBIOS is an open source implementation of a 16bit X86 BIOS. SeaBIOS can run in an emulator or it can run natively on X86 hardware with the use of coreboot. View 5 alternatives to SeaBios
- Petitboot is a platform independent bootloader based on the Linux kexec warm reboot mechanism. View 8 alternatives to petitbootNo screenshots yet
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- XTIDE Universal BIOS makes it possible to use modern large ATA hard disks or Compact Flash cards on old PC's. View 5 alternatives to XTIDE Universal BIOS
Discontinued
No recent development, the project site is archived.
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux