Limine-Bootloader/Limine
Modern, secure, portable, multiprotocol bootloader and boot manager. observed · 2026-10-20
Health v2 · maintenance only
96/100
- Activity 100
- Release rhythm 88
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 6
- age_days: 2716
- days_rel: 1
- days_push: 1
- n_releases_24m: 90
Adoption not part of the score
3877 stars · 242 forks observed · 2026-10-20
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Limine is a modern, secure, portable, multiprotocol bootloader and boot manager written in C, and the reference implementation of the Limine boot protocol. It supports IA-32, x86-64, aarch64, riscv64, and loongarch64 systems with BIOS and UEFI boot, MBR/GPT partitioning, and Linux, Multiboot, and chainloading protocols.
Use cases
- boot linux on a uefi system
- multiboot multiple operating systems with a boot menu
- boot a custom hobby os kernel via multiboot or the limine protocol
- create bootable media for x86-64 and arm64 machines
- chainload another bootloader from mbr or gpt disks
When to choose
- you are developing an operating system and need a bootloader supporting modern protocols
- you need a bootloader for x86-64, arm64, riscv64, or loongarch64 uefi systems
- you want a lightweight boot manager with linux, multiboot, and chainload support
When to avoid
- you need filesystem support beyond FAT and ISO9660 without extra setup
- you need to boot legacy systems older than i686-class CPUs
- you want a graphical bootloader with theming like GRUB
Facets
application · maturity active
developer-tools operating-systems developer-tools hardware windows cross-platform boot-manager uefi bios multiboot osdev x86-64 aarch64 riscv64 loongarch64 bootloader linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/Limine-Bootloader/Limine · fetched 2026-10-20 · 3cd76b4f94d0
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| Limine-Bootloader/Limine | main | 96 |
For agents
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