oreboot/oreboot

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1794 stars · 113 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

oreboot is a downstream fork of coreboot rewritten mostly in Rust (with assembly where needed), serving as a firmware/bootloader for various SoCs and boards. It plans to support only LinuxBoot payloads and targets architectures such as RISC-V and ARM.

Use cases

• boot Linux directly on RISC-V boards like the Allwinner D1 or HiFive Unleashed
• replace proprietary firmware with an open-source Rust bootloader
• develop and test firmware in QEMU for ARM or RISC-V
• contribute to a Rust-based coreboot fork during Hacktoberfest
• set up RustSBI and device trees for embedded Linux boot

When to choose

• you need an open-source firmware written in Rust instead of C
• you want LinuxBoot payloads on RISC-V or ARM hardware
• you are experimenting with bootloaders in QEMU or on supported boards

When to avoid

• you need full x86 or legacy BIOS/UEFI support
• you require payloads other than LinuxBoot
• you need a mature, production-hardened firmware for arbitrary hardware

Facets

application · maturity active

embedded compiler developer-tools embedded-systems operating-systems hardware embedded rust cross-platform bootloader firmware coreboot-fork rust riscv arm linuxboot sbi linux

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