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Project Summary

Barebox (formerly known as u-boot-v2) is a bootloader that inherits the best of U-Boot and the Linux kernel: The size and look-and-feel of u-boot, with driver model and lots of design concepts from the Linux kernel.

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arm blackfin boot bootloader embedded embeddedlinux embeddedsystems loader mips nios2 powerpc x86

In a Nutshell, The Barebox Bootloader...

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Project Security

Vulnerabilities per Version ( last 10 releases )

There are no reported vulnerabilities

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30 Day Summary

Sep 11 2026 — Oct 11 2026

12 Month Summary

Oct 11 2025 — Oct 11 2026
  • 1886 Commits
    Down -142 (7%) from previous 12 months
  • 55 Contributors
    Down -9 (14%) from previous 12 months