Barebox

Barebox
Original authors	Sascha Hauer, the barebox community
Initial release	24 December 2009 (2009-12-24) 1
Stable release	Monthly release schedule23
Written in	C, Assembly language
Platform	ARM, x86, MIPS, RISC-V, PowerPC, OpenRISC, Kalray MPPA
Available in	English
Type	Firmware, Bootloader
License	GPL-2.0-only4
Website	www.barebox.org
Repository	git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/

Barebox is a primary boot loader used in embedded devices. It is free software under the GPL-2.0-only license.⁴ It is available for a number of different computer architectures, including ARM, x86, MIPS and RISC-V.⁵

The Barebox project began in July 2007 as u-boot-v2, as it was derived from Das U-Boot, but with heavier borrowings from Linux like similar utilities and with a more Linux-like coding style.⁶