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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

Jul 8 2025 — Aug 7 2025

12 Month Summary

Aug 7 2024 — Aug 7 2025
  • 1780 Commits
    Down -29 (1%) from previous 12 months
  • 57 Contributors
    Up + 7 (14%) from previous 12 months