Coreboot
| coreboot | |
|---|---|
| Original author(s) | Ronald G. Minnich, Eric Biederman, Li-Ta (Ollie) Lo, Stefan Reinauer, and the coreboot community |
| Initial release | 1999 |
| Stable release | 25.03
/ 4 April 2025 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | Mostly C, about 1% in assembly and optionally SPARK |
| Platform | IA-32, x86-64, ARMv7, ARMv8, RISC-V, POWER8 |
| Type | Firmware |
| License | GPLv2-only |
| Website | www |
coreboot, formerly known as LinuxBIOS, is a software project aimed at replacing proprietary firmware (BIOS or UEFI) found in most computers with a lightweight firmware designed to perform only the minimum number of tasks necessary to load and run a modern 32-bit or 64-bit operating system.
Since coreboot initializes the bare hardware, it must be ported to every chipset and motherboard that it supports. As a result, coreboot is available only for a limited number of hardware platforms and motherboard models.
One of the coreboot variants is Libreboot, a software distribution partly free of proprietary blobs, aimed at end users.