Top 15 SeaBios Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

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.

1. NuttX

NuttX NuttX is a real-time operating system (RTOS) with an emphasis on standards compliance and small footprint. Scalable from 8-bit to 32-bit microcontroller environments, the primary governing standards in NuttX are Posix and ANSI standards. Additional standard APIs from Unix and other common RTOS's (such as VxWorks) are adopted for functionality......

2. OpenWISP

OpenWISP OpenWISP is a software platform that can be used to implement a complete public wifi service.The suite includes applications derived from tools used to offer public wifi service in different European countries.Automatic VPN configuration, users connectivity and access points management are gathered centrally at the operative center. This permits the......

3. quietHDD

quietHDD About:Do you own a a a Netbook, Laptop or a Computer with an with a hard disk?Well, then you perhaps noticed an annoying click sound that comes from time to time.That's the reason I wrote quietHDD. A very small Windows application (~60 KBytes) that eliminates this sound. After some time......

4. LEDE - Linux Embedded Development Environment

LEDE - Linux Embedded Development Environment Linux Embedded Development Environment, an embedded Linux distribution that makes it easy for developers, system administrators or other Linux enthusiasts to build and customize software for embedded devices, especially wireless routers.The LEDE project was set up in a different way compared to OpenWrt:1. All our communication channels are public, some......

5. binwalk

binwalk Binwalk is a firmware analysis tool designed for analyzing, reverse engineering and extracting data contained in firmware images. Written in Python , it is fully scriptable and easily extendable via custom signatures and plugins.......

6. iPodWizard

iPodWizard iPodWizard is a program for Microsoft Windows originally created in 2004. iPW changes the way your iPod's graphical user interface looks, all from a safe and simple to use free program.......

7. Zephyr

Zephyr Zephyr is a small real-time operating system for connected, resource-constrained devices supporting multiple architectures and released under the Apache License 2.0 backed by the Linux Foundation.......

8. Rufus

Rufus The Reliable USB Formatting UtilityRufus is a small utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc.Features: - Formats USB memory sticks to FAT/FAT32/NTFS/exFAT/UDF/ReFS - Creates bootable USB drive from a wide range of ISOs - Creates MS-DOS/FreeDOS bootable USB memory sticks,......

9. read-edid

read-edid read-edid is a pair of tools (originally by John Fremlin) for reading the EDID from a monitor. It should work with most monitors made since 1996 (except for newer ones with 256-byte EDID's - WiP), assuming the video card supports the standard read commands (most do).read-edid is a set of......

10. Libreboot

Libreboot Libreboot is a distribution of coreboot with proprietary blobs removed.Like coreboot, libreboot is boot firmware intended as a free 'BIOS' replacement for your computer.'Libre' means 'liberty'. Libreboot is not a reboot library!......

11. U-Boot

U-Boot The "Universal Bootloader" ("Das U-Boot") is a monitor program.Free Software: full source code under GPLhosted on SourceForge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot production quality: used as default boot loader by several board vendorsportable and easy to port and to debugmany supported architectures: PPC, ARM, MIPS, x86, m68k, NIOS, Microblazemore than 216 boards supported......

12. vbetool

vbetool vbetool is a small application that executes code from the BIOS of your video card. This is mostly useful for reinitialising the hardware, for instance after ACPI suspend/resuming.......

13. coreboot

coreboot coreboot (formerly known as LinuxBIOS) is a free software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS firmware found in most computers with a lightweight system designed to perform only the minimum of tasks necessary to load and run a modern 32-bit or 64-bit operating system.......

14. iPodLinux

iPodLinux iPodLinux is an open source venture into porting Linux onto the iPod. So far, we have successfully ported a customized µClinux kernel to the iPod, and written a simple user interface for it dubbed podzilla.......

15. Hiren's BootCD

Hiren's BootCD Hiren's BootCD (HBCD) is a completely free bootable CD that contains a load of useful tools you can make use of in a variety of situations like analyzing, recovering and fixing your computer even if the primary operating system can not be booted.It is a great resource for anyone with......