Top 7 U-Boot Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

The "Universal Bootloader" ("Das U-Boot") is a monitor program.
Free Software: full source code under GPL
hosted on SourceForge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot
production quality: used as default boot loader by several board vendors
portable and easy to port and to debug
many supported architectures: PPC, ARM, MIPS, x86, m68k, NIOS, Microblaze
more than 216 boards supported by public source tree
many, many features

1. SeaBios

SeaBios 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.......

2. 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!......

3. 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......

4. 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.......

5. 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......

6. 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.......

7. 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,......