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| Original author(s) | Sascha Hauer, the barebox community |
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| Initial release | 24 December 2009; 15 years ago (2009-12-24)[1] |
| Stable release | |
| Repository | |
| 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-only[4] |
| Website | www |
Barebox is a primaryboot loader used inembedded devices. It isfree software under theGPL-2.0-only license.[4] It is available for a number of differentcomputer architectures, includingARM,x86,MIPS andRISC-V.[5]
The Barebox project began in July 2007 as u-boot-v2, as it was derived fromDas U-Boot, but with heavier borrowings from Linux like similar utilities and with a more Linux-like coding style.[6]
