:: limine
Mintsuki
Modern, secure, portable, multiprotocol bootloader and boot manager.
recent commits
| 2026-10-06 16:16 | docs/ChangeLog: Update for 12.9.3 | Mintsuki |
| 2026-10-06 17:34 | docs/3RDPARTY.md: Cover all third-party code built into the binaries | Mintsuki |
| 2026-10-06 17:34 | drivers/vga_textmode: Flag the cursor position code's unclear license | Mintsuki |
| 2026-10-06 17:34 | sys/a20: Note that the KBC method's author opted it into CC0 | Mintsuki |
| 2026-10-05 20:46 | fix: protos/limine: read the memory map count after the snapshot allocation | hotline1337 |
| 2026-10-04 05:30 | docs/ChangeLog: Update for 12.9.2 | Mintsuki |
| 2026-10-04 15:16 | build: bootstrap: Bump cc-runtime commit | Mintsuki |
| 2026-10-04 15:16 | build: bootstrap: Bump PicoEFI commit | Mintsuki |
| 2026-10-04 15:16 | docs/CONTRIBUTING.md: Stop calling everything in 3RDPARTY.md vendored | Mintsuki |
| 2026-10-04 15:02 | ci: Ship 3RDPARTY.md in the binary release archives | Mintsuki |
branches
| v12.x (2026-10-06 17:43) | trunk (2026-10-06 17:40) | v11.x-binary (2026-04-20 16:16) | v11.x (2026-04-20 16:12) | v10.x-binary (2026-03-11 23:32) | v10.x (2026-03-11 23:23) | v9.x-binary (2025-09-13 21:02) | v9.x (2025-09-13 20:54) | v8.x (2025-02-15 19:58) | v8.x-binary (2025-01-10 13:57) | v6.x-branch-binary (2024-08-02 04:39) | v7.x-binary (2024-08-02 04:39) | v6.x-branch (2024-08-02 04:33) | v7.x (2024-08-02 04:33) | trunk-old (2024-01-13 19:04) | v6.x-branch-binary-pre-7.0 (2024-01-07 01:27) |
tags
| v12.9.3 (2026-10-06 17:44) | v12.9.2 (2026-10-04 15:29) | v12.9.1 (2026-09-26 22:52) | v12.9.0 (2026-09-11 01:58) | v12.8.0 (2026-09-05 20:34) | v12.7.0 (2026-09-01 16:39) | v12.6.1 (2026-08-24 21:39) | v12.6.0 (2026-08-18 10:54) | v12.5.2 (2026-07-22 19:50) | v12.5.1 (2026-07-20 02:19) | v12.5.0 (2026-07-16 09:13) | v12.4.2 (2026-07-10 20:28) | v12.4.1 (2026-07-08 16:44) | v12.4.0 (2026-07-01 21:34) | v12.3.3 (2026-06-09 06:13) | v12.3.2 (2026-05-28 02:56) |
Limine 
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<p align="center"> <img src="https://github.com/Limine-Bootloader/Limine/blob/trunk/logo.png?raw=true" alt="Limine's logo"/> </p>
What is Limine? ⎇
Limine (pronounced as demonstrated here) is a modern, secure, portable, multiprotocol bootloader and boot manager, also used as the reference implementation for the Limine boot protocol.
Community, Support, and Donations ⎇
Donate ⎇
If you want to support the work I (@mintsuki) do on Limine, feel free to donate to me on Liberapay: <p><a href="https://liberapay.com/mintsuki/donate"><img alt="Donate using Liberapay" src="https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg"></a></p>
Donations welcome, but absolutely not mandatory!
Community ⎇
We have a Matrix room at #limine:matrix.org if you need support, info, or you just want to hang out with us.
Limine's boot menu ⎇
Supported architectures ⎇
- IA-32 (32-bit x86)
- x86-64
- aarch64 (arm64)
- riscv64
- loongarch64
Supported boot protocols ⎇
- Linux
- Limine
- Multiboot 1
- Multiboot 2
- Chainloading
Supported partitioning schemes ⎇
- MBR
- GPT
- Unpartitioned media
Supported filesystems ⎇
- FAT12/16/32
- ISO9660 (CDs/DVDs)
If your filesystem isn't listed here, please read the FAQ first, especially before opening issues or pull requests related to this.
Minimum system requirements ⎇
For 32-bit x86 systems, support is only ensured starting with those with Pentium Pro (i686) class CPUs.
All x86-64, aarch64, riscv64 and loongarch64 (UEFI) systems are supported.
Packaging status ⎇
All Limine releases since 7.x use Semantic Versioning for their naming.
Binary releases ⎇
For convenience, for point releases, binaries are distributed. These binaries are shipped as assets as part of the Limine GitHub releases (see the limine-binary-* files).
The limine host tool is shipped in highly portable source form as part of the binary release package. For most/all UNIX-like OSes, in order to rebuild it, simply run make in the unpacked binary release directory. Alternatively, it can be built stand-alone using any C99 compatible compiler.
limine host tool binaries for x86 Windows are provided as part of the binary release package.
Build and Install Instructions ⎇
The following steps are not necessary if using a binary release.
See INSTALL.md.
Usage ⎇
See USAGE.md.
3rd Party Software Acknowledgments ⎇
See 3RDPARTY.md.
